Keritot 6b Page 78 Jebhammoth 61 [portable]

The Gemara asks: Who is a mamzer? The Mishnah (Yevamot 4:13) lists forbidden relationships that produce mamzerim: incestuous or adulterous unions (e.g., a man with his mother, sister, married woman). However, a child born to a single woman or a gentile convert is not a mamzer.

Thus, the two passages form a legal diptych: one on atonement for the sinner (Keritot), the other on the social standing of the sin’s unintended product (Yevamot). keritot 6b page 78 jebhammoth 61

). On page 61a-b, the Talmud discusses whether a High Priest can marry a widow or a woman incapable of bearing children ( The Gemara asks: Who is a mamzer

Keritot 6b teaches that God’s Temple service respects human uncertainty—no sacrifice for doubt. Yevamot 61 teaches that even grave sin does not automatically curse a child; only specific, intentional, and proven transgressions affect lineage. Thus, the two passages form a legal diptych:

This folio also discusses cases of doubt regarding the number of violations on Yom Kippur and the requirement of bringing a chatat for each definite transgression but not for speculative ones.