Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quotation for Ketubot 124:7

רבי איעסק ליה לבריה בי רבי חייא כי מטא למיכתב כתובה נח נפשה דרביתא אמר רבי ח"ו פסולא איכא יתיבו ועיינו במשפחות רבי אתי משפטיה בן אביטל ורבי חייא אתי משמעי אחי דוד

Rabbi was busy arranging the marriage of his son into the family of R. Hiyya, but when the ketubah was about to be written the bride passed away. Rabbi said: “Is there, God forbid any familial blemish?” They enquired into [the genealogy of the two] families [and it was discovered that] Rabbi descended from Shephatiah the son of Avital while R. Hiyya descended from Shimi a brother of David.

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