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The Torah teaches that a kohen cannot marry a halala – a woman who is the product of a forbidden sexual relationship or one who has engaged in a forbidden sexual relationship. The question with which our Gemara grapples is whether the daughter of a kohen a similar prohibition from has marrying a halal.
Rav Pappa suggested that the answer can be learned from our Mishna, where it lists which groups of people can marry one another. Since the Mishna does not specifically permit this case, we can conclude that it is forbidden.
Rav Huna disagreed, arguing that the Mishna proves nothing, since it is only teaching about groups of people whose relationships will be the same no matter whether the man and woman are from one group or the other.
Given the fact that a kohen cannot marry a halala, even if the daughter of a kohen is allowed to marry a halal, it would not appear on this list.
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