Halakhah for Sanhedrin 56:7
אי הכי היינו אחיו תנא אחיו מן האב וקתני אחיו מן האם
Rabina remarked: That is onlywhere his evidence is to herdisadvantage;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to draw away from her.' ');"><sup>16</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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