The 160th prohibition is that a Kohen is forbidden to marry a divorcee.
The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,1 "They shall not marry a woman who has been divorced from her husband."
Footnotes
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Lev. ibid.
Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.
From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.
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