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Sifrei Devarim 253

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 23:9) "The banim which will be born to them, the third generation shall come for them into the congregation of the L-rd": "banim" (lit.,) "sons," and not daughters. These are the words of R. Shimon. And the sages say: "which will be born to them": to include the daughters.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

R. Shimon said (to them:) What I am saying follows a fortiori, viz. If where Scripture forbade the males (from entry) forever (i.e., in the instance of Amon and Moav), it permitted the daughters immediately, then, where it forbade the males only until three generations (i.e., in the instance of an Edomi), how much more so should the females be permitted immediately! They responded: If you are stating a halachah, we will accept it; if you are ratiocinating, we can answer you. R. Shimon: I am stating a halachah, and the verse supports me — "banim" (sons), and not "banoth" (daughters).

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"the third generation": I might think that both the second and the third generation are forbidden; it is, therefore, written "the third generation (shall come for them into the congregation of the L-rd.") R. Yehudah said: Minyamin, an Egyptian proselyte, was a friend of mine of the disciples of R. Akiva, and he said to me: I am an Egyptian proselyte married to an Egyptian proselytess, and I am going to marry my son to the daughter of an Egyptian proselytess, so that my grandson will be fit to enter the congregation (of Israel) in fulfillment of "the third generation shall come, etc."

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