Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Yevamot 42:1

דאורייתא היא דכתיב (ויקרא יח, טו) ערות כלתך לא תגלה אימא כלת בנו וכלת בנו יש לה הפסק והא תניא כלתו ערוה כלת בנו שניה וכן אתה אומר בבנו ובן בנו עד סוף כל הדורות אלא אימא כלת בתו

Pentateuchal, it being written in the Scriptures, Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 15; why then did Rab include her among those of the second degree? ');"><sup>1</sup></span> — Read, 'the daughter-in-law of his son'. But is there any limitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 125, n. 6. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> for the daughter-in-law of one's son? Surely it was taught: His daughter-in-law is a forbidden relative, and the daughter-in-law of his son is a forbidden relative of the second degree; and the same principle is to be applied to one's son and son's son to the end of all generations!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ker. 14b. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

Sefer HaChinukh

From the laws of the commandment is, for example, that which they, may their memory be blessed, forbade (Yevamot 21b) - to make a fence for this - the daughter-in-law of his son and likewise the daughter-in-law of the son of his son, to the end of the world. And they also forbade only the daughter-in-law of his daughter. And the reason is similar to that which we said above - since the prohibition came in the verse about his daughter-in-law, they decreed about all daughters-in-law that come on account of the son; and they decreed with [the daughter-in-law of] the daughter only, and that is enough for us with that. And these are called secondary [prohibitions].
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