Hebrew · Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Guggenheimer (Hebrew/Aramaic)הלכה: הַנּוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה כֹהֶנֶת כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. דְּרִבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא. דְּתַנֵּי. אֵי זוֹ הִיא עִיסָּה כְשֵׁירָה. כָּל שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ לֹא חָלָל וְלֹא מַמְזֵר וְלֹא נָתִין. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר. כָּל שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ אַחַת מִכָּל אֵילּוּ בִּתָּהּ כְּשֵׁירָה לִכְהוּנָּה. אֲבָל מִשְׁפָּחָה שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּקַּע בָּהּ פְּסוּל. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר. בּוֹדֵק עַד אַרְבַּע אִימָּהוֹת וּמַשִּׂיא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. בּוֹדֵק לְעוֹלָם. רַב אָמַר. זוֹ דִבְרֵי רִבִּי מֵאִיר. אֲבָל חֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. בּוֹדֵק מֵאֵי זוֹ מִשְׁפָּחָה מַשִּׂיאִין לִכְהוּנָּה וּמַשִּׂיא. בְּיַד מִי הוּא בוֹדֵק. רִבִּי חַגַּיי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה. בּוֹדֵק בְּיַד קְרוֹבוֹתָיו. רִבִּי חָמָא אֲתַא סַבָּא אֲמַר לֵיהּ. מִשִּׁיאִין לִכְהוּנָּה מִן הָדָא זַרְעִיתָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. אִין. וְאַסִּיב עַל פּוּמֵיהּ. רַב אֲמַר לְחִיָיה בְּרֵיהּ. נֲחוֹת דְּרָג וְסַב אִיתָא. אָמַר רִבִּי אִידִי שְׁכִיחָא הָא מִילְּתָא בְּפוּמְהוֹן דְּרַבָּנִן. וְאִם לֹא נִטְמְאָה הָאִשָּׁה וּטְהוֹרָה הִיא. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא נִטְמְאָה טְהוֹרָה. וְלֹא כִיהוּדָה בֶּן פַּפּוֹס שֶׁנּוֹעֵל דֶּלֶת בִּפְנֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ. נְהוֹגִין הֲווֹן אַבְהָתָךְ עָבְדִין כֵן. חַד כֹּהֵן אֲתַא לְגַבֵּי רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. עַבְדִּית מַתְנִיתָא. נָשָׂאתִי אִשָּׁה כֹּהֶנֶת וּבָדַקְתִּי אַחֲרֶיהָ אַרְבָּעָה אִימָּהוֹת שֶׁהֵן שְׁמוֹנָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. אִין הוּא עִיקְּרָא לָקִי מִן רֵאשָׁה מָאן מוֹדַע לָךְ.
English · Heinrich W. GuggenheimerHALAKHAH: “One who comes to marry a woman from a priestly family,” etc. Rebbi Joḥanan said, this is Rebbi Meïr’s, as we have stated: “What is qualified dough? Anyone about whom there is [no suspicion of descent from] a desecrated one, a bastard, or a Gibeonite. Rebbi Meïr says, the daughter of any woman not tainted with any of these is qualified for the priesthood. But about a family in which a disability had disappeared, Rebbi Meïr says he checks up to four mothers and marries, but the Sages say, he checks forever.” Rav said, these are the words of Rebbi Meïr, but the Sages say, he checks from which family one marries into the priesthood and marries. Through whom does he check? Rebbi Ḥaggai in the name of Rebbi Josia: He checks through his female relatives. To Rebbi Ḥama came an old man; he asked him: Does one marry into the priesthood from this family? He answered: yes, and he was making a match based on this information. Rav said to his son Ḥiyya: Descend a degree to marry a wife. Rebbi Idi said, the following is a frequent saying of the rabbis: “If the woman was not impure but she is pure.” If she was not impure, she is pure. Not like Pappos ben Jehudah who locks the door before his wife. One said to him, did your forefathers act like this? A Cohen came to Rebbi Joḥanan and said to him: I acted on the Mishnah when I married a woman from a priestly family and checked after her four mothers which are eight. He said to him, if the origin was defective, who would inform you?