Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 99:5

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך החולץ</strong></big><br><br>

he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josiah. ');">¹²</span> might be born either from Hezekiah or from any other person.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the house of David. ');">¹³</span> IF A MAN'S WIFE DIED etc. IF A MAN'S SISTER-IN-LAW DIED etc. R. Joseph said: Here Rabbi taught an unnecessary Mishnah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the laws therein enumerated are self-evident. Lev. XVIII, 18, from where the prohibition of marrying the sister of one's wife originates, distinctly limits the prohibition to the wife's life-time: And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister&nbsp;… in her life-time. V. Rashi a.l. According to Tosaf (s.v. [H] a.l. q.v.) the unnecessary Mishnah is only that portion which relates to the sister-in-law whose case could be inferred from that of the wife a minori ad majus. ');">¹⁴</span>

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