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The Talmud raises a challenge: And say that the verse: “The daughter of your father’s wife” comes to exclude women who were forbidden, as they are liable for violating prohibitions but were nevertheless married to his father, such as a mamzeret. If so, his sister from such a union would not be consi
This is derived from the verse in which it is written: “If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated” (Deuteronomy 21:15). Is there one who is loved by God and one who is hated by God? Rather, “beloved” means her marriage is beloved, as it was permitted for her to be married, in acc
The Talmud asks: Say that this verse comes to exclude a union between one’s father and a woman that is forbidden to him as they are liable to receive karet, and that since betrothal does not come into effect with her there is no marriage bond. Perhaps a sister born of such a woman would not be proh
The Talmud asks: Say that whether the rabbis say to your father: Maintain her, or whether they say to your father: Send her out, and God states that “she is your sister,” this comes to include the additional cases of his sister from a Canaanite female slave or a non-Jew woman. The Talmud rejects t
The Talmud asks: Since the verse rendering his sister forbidden both includes and excludes cases, what did you see as a reason to include a daughter from a woman who is forbidden and both parties are liable to receive karet, and to exclude the daughter of a Canaanite female slave or non-Jew woman? T