Commentary for Yevamot 108:24

והדתנן אמרו לו מתה אשתך ונשא אחותה מאביה מתה ונשא אחותה מאמה מתה ונשא אחותה מאביה מתה ונשא אחותה מאמה

in respect of a mother's sister [it might have been assumed to apply to her alone] because her relationship is certain, but not to her father's sister.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who might not be his sister at all. There is no absolute proof that his father is also her father. ');">⁵⁷</span> [Hence both were] required. As to one's aunt concerning whom the Tanna had no doubt that she must be paternal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wife of his father's paternal brother. ');">⁵⁸</span>

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