Commentary for Yevamot 66:9

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> שנים שקידשו שתי נשים ובשעת כניסתן לחופה החליפו את של זה לזה ואת של זה לזה הרי אלו חייבין משום אשת איש ואם היו אחין משום אשת אח ואם היו אחיות משום אשה אל אחותה ואם היו נדות משום נדה

THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The women. ');">³⁵</span> MUST BE KEPT APART<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Away from their husbands. ');">³⁷</span> FOR THREE MONTHS, SINCE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY ARE PREGNANT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Children from such a union are bastards and precaution must be taken that they are not allowed to pass as legitimate children. ');">³⁸</span> IF THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The women. ');">³⁵</span> WERE MINORS INCAPABLE OF BEARING CHILDREN, THEY MAY BE RESTORED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To their husbands. ');">³⁹</span>

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