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Why do the Tosafos (תוספות) rule that a *chalal* who gets mixed up creates a *safek safeka* for his wife's status? The standard principle is that *safek echad b'guf, safek echad b'taruvos* cannot generate a *safek safeka*. The shiur explores the Beis Meir's novel distinction and the Avnei Milu'im's critique.
The shiur analyzes a fundamental question on Tosafos (תוספות) in Kesubos 14a regarding the application of *safek safeka* principles. The case involves a *chalal* (ritually disqualified priest) who becomes mixed up with another person, creating uncertainty about his wife's status for *kehuna* (priestly marriage). Tosafos rules this constitutes a valid *safek safeka*: perhaps she didn't have relations with the *chalal* at all, and even if she did, perhaps he wasn't really a *chalal*. However, this appears to contradict the established principle of *safek echad b'guf, safek echad b'taruvos* - when one doubt concerns the object itself and another concerns mixing, there's no valid *safek safeka* because the doubts weren't simultaneous.
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Kesubos 14a
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