Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 34:3

רבה אמר אחין מן האב יליף אחוה אחוה מבני יעקב מה להלן מן האב ולא מן האם אף כאן מן האב ולא מן האם

Rabbah said: [That legal] brothers [are only those who are descended] from the same father is deduced by a comparison of this 'brotherhood'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression 'brethren' in Deut. xxv, 5' in relation to the levirate marriage. ');">⁸</span> with the 'brotherhood' of the sons of Jacob;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' the thy servants are twelve brethren (Gen. XLII, 13). ');">⁹</span> as there [the brotherhood was derived] from the father<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jacob. ');">¹⁰</span> and not from the mother,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since they were born from different mothers. ');">¹¹</span>

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