What do you think of this passage from the Talmud

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We have learnt If a priest marries a woman whom he should not he is disqualified from participating in the Temple service until he vows to have no benefit from her. (Seder Nashim Gittin Vol 1. 35b.)
 
Sagefrakrobatik said:
We have learnt If a priest marries a woman whom he should not he is disqualified from participating in the Temple service until he vows to have no benefit from her. (Seder Nashim Gittin Vol 1. 35b.)
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what exactly is your question? That tractate (Gittin) deals with divorce and the example you quote is cited to highlight the question of whether one must publicly stating the particulars of the vow when one seeks annulment.

one school of thought was that stating the reasons for the annulment was necessary to prevent an improper divorce. Another school said if you make it necessary to state the reasons, then a person may not state them fully and the Sage may not act on the infomration he has been given.
 
Totally missed my point unless i am misinterpreting the text. The fact that the Talmud is saying that priest cannot marry is it not the same as the catholic tradition where as priest are told they cannot be married and must be celabite
 
Sagefrakrobatik said:
We have learnt If a priest marries a woman whom he should not he is disqualified from participating in the Temple service until he vows to have no benefit from her. (Seder Nashim Gittin Vol 1. 35b.)
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Judaism allows the priest to be married and to have children. U’d find that many famous rabbis in history have been children of rabbis and priests. The passage relates to a priest being involved in an improper marriage. This disqualifies him from temple service until he rectifies the situation. I don’t think u can use this passage to justify the catholic church’s ruling on celibate priests.
 
the office of rabbi and priest are not interchangeable, they are two different roles. the priesthood has ceased to be relevant in modern Judaism since the destruction of the temple. No temple for sacrifice, no priesthood. That being said, I still don’t understand what OP wants to discuss.
 
The Talmud does not prevent a preist from marrying. It prevents him from marrying certain women. For example, a women who has been divorced. The tractate taht was originally quoted does not say a priest can’t marry.
 
Sagefrakrobatik said:
Totally missed my point unless i am misinterpreting the text. The fact that the Talmud is saying that priest cannot marry is it not the same as the catholic tradition where as priest are told they cannot be married and must be celabite
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There are married priests in the Catholic Church who are not celibate.
 
puzzleannie said:
the office of rabbi and priest are not interchangeable, they are two different roles. the priesthood has ceased to be relevant in modern Judaism since the destruction of the temple. No temple for sacrifice, no priesthood. That being said, I still don’t understand what OP wants to discuss.
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I guessed it was a point-scoring attempt about marrried priests, missing the point that there are in fact married priests within Catholicsm.
 
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