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Yevamos, 22

YEVAMOS 22 & 23 - dedicated by Mrs. G. Turkel (Zurich/New York/Jerusalem), may she have a full and speedy recovery!

1) ONE'S DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER

QUESTION: The Gemara rounds out its list of the Sheniyos l'Arayos with the Sheniyos of Rebbi Chiya. Rebbi Chiya adds six Sheniyos. The first four Sheniyos of Rebbi Chiya include the daughter of the third generation through one's son, the daughter of the third generation through one's daughter, the daughter of the third generation through one's wife's son, and the daughter of the third generation through one's wife's daughter.

RASHI (DH Shelishi and DH v'sh'Bibito) explains that these refer to the daughter of the son of one's son, the daughter of the son of one's daughter, the daughter of the son of one's wife's son, and the daughter of the son of one's wife's daughter.

According to Rashi's explanation, why does Rebbi Chiya only discuss the daughter of the *son* of one's son or daughter, and makes no mention of the *daughter of the daughter* of one's son or daughter? Likewise, he mentions only the daughter of the *son* of one's wife's son or daughter, but not the *daughter of the daughter* of one's wife's son or daughter! He only mentions cases where there is a woman at the end (obviously, since we are discussing a prohibited woman) and at the beginning, but not when there is a woman in the middle generation! Why does Rashi exclude such a case from Rebbi Chiya's list of Sheniyos? (Indeed, the RAMBAM in Perush ha'Mishnayos and the BARTENURA include those cases in their list of the Sheniyos of Rebbi Chiya!)

ANSWER: REBBI ELAZAR MOSHE HOROWITZ answers that later in the Gemara, the Gemara questions whether the Sheniyos of Rebbi Chiya have "Hefsek" (and they do not extend to further generations) or not (and they do extend to further generations). In a case of the daughter of one's daughter's daughter, where the first, second, and third generations are all women, then it is obvious that the Isur continues down through the generations, because the first generation is Asur mid'Oraisa (his daughter), and the second generation is also Asur mid'Oraisa (his daughter's daughter), and whenever there is any generation in which this relation is Asur mid'Oraisa, it is Asur throughout all of the generations (as Rashi explained earlier, 21a DH v'Eshes -- see Chart). Hence, if Rebbi Chiya was referring to the daughter of one's daughter's daughter, the Gemara would not ask whether it has Hefsek or not.

The only question is in the case of the daughter of the *son* of one's daughter. There, even though the first generation is mid'Oraisa (his daughter), there is a son in the middle that stops the Isur, and there is no case of an Ervah with a son in a middle generation, following a daughter, which is Asur mid'Oraisa. That is why the Gemara asks whether the prohibition of the daughter of the son of one's daughter continues for ensuing generations or not.


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