Commentary for Yevamot 128:13

אמר רבא השתא דאמרת אחיות מחזקות לא ישא אדם אשה לא ממשפחת נכפין ולא ממשפחת מצורעים והוא דאתחזק תלתא זימני

— If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That R. Hiyya b. Abba's statement was not intended to testify that a presumption can only be established by the threefold repetition of an act. ');">³⁰</span> what could have been the purpose of the evidence of R. Hiyya b. Abba? [No]. It is possible that he meant to teach us the following: That sisters also establish a presumption!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not only is presumption established when the act or incident is repeated three times in the case of one woman, but also when it is so repeated in the case of three sisters (women). ');">³¹</span> Raba said: Now that it has been stated that sisters also establish a presumption, a man should not take a wife either from a family of epileptics, or from a family of lepers. This applies. however, only when the fact had been established by the occurrence of three cases.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'three times', ');">³²</span>

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