[ ]Mapping the Familyfrom the same mother is a secondary prohibition, and they
decreed regarding the wife of his mother’s brother from the same
father because of the wife of his father’s brother from the same
mother. What is the reason [for this additional prohibition]? All
of them are called “the household of my uncle.”
f. What [is the law regarding these decrees]? Come and learn:
When R. Judah bar Shela came, he said: They say in the west:
Any situation in which a female relative is forbidden by the
Torah, the wife of the corresponding male relative is forbidden as
a secondary relative.
g. Rava said: Is that a general principle? His mother-in-law is
forbidden, but the wife of his father-in-law is permitted. The
daughter of his mother-in-law is forbidden, but the wife of
the son of his mother-in-law is permitted. The daughter of his
father-in-law is forbidden, but the wife of the son of his father-
in-law is permitted! His stepdaughter is forbidden, but the wife
of his stepson is permitted. The daughter of his stepdaughter
is forbidden, but the wife of the son of his stepdaughter is
permitted.
h. What does the statement of R. Judah bar Shela include? Is it not
to include the wife of the mother’s brother from the same mother,
since in any situation in which a female relative is forbidden
by the Torah, the wife of the corresponding male relative is
forbidden as a secondary relative?
i. What is the difference between these {the wife of the father-
in-law and the wife of the son of the mother-in-law who are
permitted} and this one {the wife of the mother’s brother from
the same mother who is forbidden}? This one is related to him
through one marriage, while these are not related to him except
through two marriages.
j. R. Mesharshia of Tusnia sent to R. Papi: Let our rabbi teach
us — the wife of the brother of the father’s father and the sister
of the father’s father, what is their status? Since relatives one
generation removed [from an individual] are forbidden, did the
rabbis decree regarding an additional generation of removal, or
perhaps the generation [farther removed] is separated [and these
women are no longer considered relatives]?