Halakhah for Sanhedrin 56:16
ואלא הא דתני ר' חייא שמונה אבות שהן עשרים וארבעה כמאן לא כר' יוסי ולא כר' יהודה
depend on thefact that she is 'she'ero' [hiswife],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. E.V., 'his kin that is near unto him,' Lev. XXI, 2. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
Regarding the matter of one who was a relative and became distant (no longer a relative), we hold that he is proper (Sanhedrin 28b); and even if there are sons there - as the law is not like Rabbi Yehudah, who holds that if there are sons there, he is disqualified.
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