Commentary for Yevamot 5:5

וליתנייא להאי בבא לבסוף אלא תנא קורבי קורבי נקט תנא בתו ובת בתו ובת בנו דקרובי עצמו

the entire passage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which deals with the prohibitions through sisterhood. ');">¹²</span> to the end!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the list. ');">¹³</span> — But [this is really the explanation]: The Tanna follows the order of the respective degrees of kinship. He, therefore, mentions [first] HIS DAUGHTER, THE DAUGHTER OF HIS DAUGHTER AND THE DAUGHTER OF HIS SON because they are his own next of kin; and since he enumerated three generations of his relatives in descending order he enumerated also three generations of her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His wife's. ');">¹⁴</span>

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