Commentary for Sanhedrin 171:12

והכא היכי דריש ר' יהודה

teaching that this applies only to] one who has fraternal relationship, thus excluding a slave, who has no fraternal relationship.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi in B.K. 88a, explains: he has no fraternal relationship with a Jew, viz., he cannot marry into the Jewish fold. A marginal explanation given there is: he has no forbidden fraternal relationship, i.e., he may marry his fraternal sister and his brother's wife. Rashi's interpretation here is different, but Tosaf. refutes it. ');">¹¹</span>

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