Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 51:13

אי הכי אביו נמי לא מיבעיא קאמר לא מיבעי' אביו דבזיז בניה מיניה אבל בנו דלא בזיז אביו מיניה אימא לא קמ"ל:

THESE ARE ALSO PERMITTED TO THEIR SONS OR BROTHERS. Wherein is this different from the following where it was taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cur. edd., 'we learned'. ');">³¹</span> A man who is suspected of intercourse with a woman is forbidden to marry her mother, her daughter and her sister.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because there is reason to suspect that the marriage was planned by the man as a mere means of bringing him into closer association and intimacy with his paramour. Why, then, is this suspicion disregarded in the case of our Mishnah? ');">³²</span> -It is the usual thing for women to pay frequent visits to other women;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Misconduct may, therefore, occur and suspicion (v. previous note) is justified. ');">³³</span>

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