Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 43:5

א"ל רב אשי לרב כהנא שניות דבי רבי חייא יש להן הפסק או אין להם הפסק

and not included in the descending line?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Regarding, for instance, his son's son's daughter as of the third generation and not of the fourth, as would have been the case had his wife (his son's mother) been included. ');">¹¹</span> -In the case of the ascending line, where the prohibition is due to his wife, she is included; in the descending line, where the prohibition is not due to his wife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since, as has been explained supra 40, Lev. XVIII, 10 refers to a son born from a woman whom he had outraged. ');">¹²</span> she is not included. But, surely, there is the case of the son of his wife and the daughter of his wife whose prohibition is due to his wife who is, nevertheless, not included! — As he enumerated three generations in the descending line on his side<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The third generation of his son or daughter born from a woman he had outraged. ');">¹³</span>

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