Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Related for Kiddushin 151:12

רב אדא בר אהבה תני ד' אמהות שהם שתים עשרה במתניתא תנא ד' אמהות שהם שש עשרה בשלמא לרב אדא בר אהבה

<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Why are the women investigated but not the men? - When women quarrel among themselves, they quarrel [only] about immorality,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One accuses the other of immorality, but not of a blemished descent.');"><sup>24</sup></span> so that if there is anything,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Objectionable in their pedigree.');"><sup>25</sup></span> it is not generally known.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it has no voice.'');"><sup>26</sup></span> But when men quarrel among themselves, they quarrel over birth;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each throwing up the other's blemished descent.');"><sup>27</sup></span> if there is anything, it is generally known. Now, let her too investigate his [forbears]? - This supports Rab. For Rab Judah said in Rab's name: Fit women were not admonished not to marry the unfit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 373, n. 1. - Hence it is unnecessary for her to investigate his ancestors.');"><sup>28</sup></span> R'Adda B'Ahabah recited: Four mothers, which are twelve.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Adding one mother to each. V. p. 388, nn. 9 and 10.');"><sup>29</sup></span> In a Baraitha it was taught:' Four mothers, which are sixteen.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Adding one more mother and the grandmother to each.');"><sup>30</sup></span> Now, as for R'Adda B'Ahabah, it is well;

Tosefta Kiddushin

A female Levite or female Yisrael—[one who seeks to marry them should] add upon them an additional one [generation on both sides that he should investigate to understand their lineage, 1 more than for a female Kohen], which is 12 [people to investigate]. (The following translated from the Ehrfurt manuscript:) If he investigated the mother, he does not need to investigate the children. If he investigated the adults, he does not need to investigate the minors. When does this apply? When [investigating a family that has] one wife. But when [the family has] 2 wives—if he investigated the mother, he needs to investigate the children; and if he investigated the adults, he needs to investigate the minors [because they might be born from different women].
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