Commentary for Sanhedrin 106:5
לדבריו דתנא קמא קאמר וליה לא סבירא ליה
Does it not imply, youmay penalise him for incest with his father's wife, but not for maternalincest? In that case, if she is both his mother and his father's wife, oneverse implies the exclusion of maternal incest [as the incriminating offence]— and the other excludes incest with his father's wife [aspunishable].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus leaving no grounds for punishment at all. Or, as Rashi prefers, though admitting that this is undoubtedly punishable, the two verses contradict each other as to the grounds of punishment. On this interpretation, Rashi omits the following passage, 'Now … at all'. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
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