Commentary for Yevamot 80:7

דלמא היינו טעמא דלא תני משום דקבעי למיתני סיפא והאחין מותרין ואי תנא אם אם אמה ה"א האחין מותרין דוקא באם אם אמה אבל באם אמה ובאמה לא

the Rabbis did not forbid relatives of the second degree as a preventive measure, or is there perhaps no difference?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of the law of incest, between the relatives of a wife who are Pentateuchally forbidden and those of a haluzah who are only Rabbinically forbidden. ');">⁹</span> — Come and hear: HE IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY HER MOTHER AND HER MOTHER'S MOTHER, but 'her mother's mother's mother' is not mentioned!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 259, n. 9. ');">¹⁰</span>

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