Commentary for Yevamot 34:4
ולילף אחוה אחוה מעריות דנין אחים מאחים ואין דנין אחים מאחיך
so here also [the brotherhood spoken of is that] from the father and not from the mother.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.B. 110b, infra 22a. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Let him rather deduce this 'brotherhood'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression 'brethren' in Deut. xxv, 5' in relation to the levirate marriage. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> from the 'brotherhood' of forbidden relatives!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The nakedness of thy brother's wife (Lev. XVIII, 26) which includes (v. infra 55a) the wife of a maternal brother. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> — Brethren<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression 'brethren' in Deut. xxv, 5' in relation to the levirate marriage. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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