Halakhah for Yevamot 168:11

הא קתני ישראל שנשא ממזרת ויש לו אח ישראל (וממזר שנשא ממזרת ויש לו אח ישראל) אלא לאו שמע מינה תנא ושייר ש"מ:

and women who are incapable of procreation are forbidden to the one as well as the other!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The son of the second generation may not marry her because she is the daughter of an Israelite, while after his death she is forbidden to his brother because a woman who is incapable of procreation is not subject to the levirate marriage and is consequently forbidden to him as his brother's wife. ');">²¹</span> — He taught some cases and omitted others. What else did he omit that he should have omitted this also? — He omitted [the case of the man] wounded in the stones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of such a maimed person, prohibition and permission similar to those in our Mishnah could be stated: If he is maimed and his brother is fit the woman is forbidden to him (v. Deut. XXIII, 2) and permitted to his brother; if he is fit and his brother maimed she is permitted to him and forbidden to his brother; if both are maimed etc. proselyte women are permitted to both. ');">²²</span>

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