Commentary for Yevamot 167:5

מתני׳ <big><strong>יש מותרות</strong></big> לבעליהן ואסורות ליבמיהן מותרות ליבמיהן ואסורות לבעליהן מותרות לאלו ולאלו ואסורות לאלו ולאלו

WHO MARRIED A WOMAN OF LEGITIMATE STATUS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eligible to marry a priest. ');">¹²</span> HAD A BROTHER OF LEGITIMATE STATUS;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of pure priestly stock. ');">¹³</span> IF AN ISRAELITE WHO MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE HAD A BROTHER A BASTARD, OR IF A BASTARD WHO MARRIED A BASTARD HAD A BROTHER AN ISRAELITE, [IN ALL THESE CASES THE WOMEN] ARE PERMITTED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In marriage. ');">⁸</span> TO THEIR HUSBANDS AND FORBIDDEN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A town in Upper Galilee notorious for its fierce cocks who do not allow the intrusion of a strange cock among them (Rashi). ');">⁷</span>

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