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Yevamos Chart #6

Yevamos Daf 21a-22a

SHENIYOS TO THE ARAYOS
  (A)
THE "ERVAH" BECAUSE OF
WHICH THE SHENIYAH
WAS PROHIBITED 		(B)
DOES THE PROHIBITION
ALSO APPLY TO RELATIVES
OF PRECEDING GENERATIONS(1)
THE SHENIYOS OF
THE BERAISA (21a)
1) HIS MOTHER'S MOTHER His mother Yes
2) HIS FATHER'S MOTHER His mother's mother(2) Yes(3)
3) THE WIFE OF HIS
FATHER'S FATHER		 The wife of his father Yes
4) THE WIFE OF HIS
MOTHER'S FATHER		 The wife of his
father's father(2) 		No(4)
5) THE WIFE OF HIS
FATHER'S BROTHER
(from the same
mother)		 The wife of his
father's brother
from the same
father(2) 		No(5)
6) THE WIFE OF HIS
MOTHER'S BROTHER
(from the same
father)		 " "(2) No(5)
7) THE DAUGHTER-IN-
LAW OF HIS SON		 His daughter-in-law Yes
8) THE DAUGHTER-IN-
LAW OF HIS DAUGHTER		 The daughter-in-law
of his son(2)(6) 		No
THE SHENIYAH OF THE
GEMARA'S INQUIRY (21b)
9) THE WIFE OF HIS
MOTHER'S BROTHER
(from the same
mother)		 The wife of his
father's brother
from the same
father 		No
THE SHENIYAH OF
RAV MESHARSHEYA'S
INQUIRY (21b)
10) (THE WIFE OF HIS
FATHER'S FATHER'S
BROTHER from the
same father)(7)		 The wife of his
father's brother
from the same
father 		---(8)
11) (HIS FATHER'S
FATHER'S SISTER,
[and HIS MOTHER'S
MOTHER'S SISTER(7)])		 His father's sister ---(8)
THE SHENIYOS OF
REBBI CHIYA (22a)
12) THE DAUGHTER OF THE
SON OF HIS SON(10) 		The daughter of his
son		 Safek(11)
13) THE DAUGHTER OF THE
SON OF HIS DAUGHTER		 The daughter of his
daughter		 Safek
14) THE DAUGHTER OF THE
SON OF THE SON OF
HIS WIFE 		The daughter of the
son of his wife		 Safek
15) THE DAUGHTER OF THE
SON OF THE DAUGHTER
OF HIS WIFE		 The daughter of the
daughter of his wife		 Safek
16) THE MOTHER OF THE
MOTHER OF THE
FATHER OF HIS WIFE		 The mother of the
father of his wife		 Safek
17) THE MOTHER OF THE
MOTHER OF THE
MOTHER OF HIS WIFE		 The mother of the
mother of his wife		 Safek
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) There is a general rule that any Ervah that is Asur mid'Oraisa in one generation is also Asur mid'Rabanan as a Sheniyah in subsequent generations and in previous generations. Any Ervah that is only Asur mid'Rabanan even in the closest generation (due to an Ervah mid'Oraisa to which it is somewhat similar) is *not* Asur in subsequent or preceding generations -- that is, it has a "Hefsek" (RASHI 21a DH v'Eshes Achi ha'Av. There are several exceptions to this rule -- see footnotes 2 and 3.)
(2) In certain cases, the Rabanan prohibited a woman because she is often confused with another woman that they prohibited as a Sheniyah:
1. Even though his mother's mother is only Asur to him mid'Rabanan, the Chachamim nevertheless decreed that his father's mother is also Asur in order that one not mistakenly permit his mother's mother. This is not considered a Gezeirah l'Gezeirah, "because both are called 'grandmother'" and it is thus very likely that the two will be confused with each other.
2. Similarly, the Chachamim prohibited the wife of his mother's father (#4) because of the wife of his father's father, even though the latter is only Asur mid'Rabanan, "because both are called 'grandfather'" and are likely to become confused with each other.
3. Similarly, the wife of his mother's brother from the same mother (#9) is prohibited because of the wife of his mother's brother from the same father which itself is only Asur mid'Rabanan, "because both are called 'aunts'."
4. Similarly, the Chachamim prohibited the daughter-in-law of his daughter because of the daughter-in-law of his son, because both women's husbands are "grandsons" and therefore they are easy to confuse with each other.
(3) Even though there is no generation in which this relationship is Asur mid'Oraisa, the Chachamim prohibited her for all generations because in the first generation it is very easy to confuse her with an Ervah d'Oraisa (see footnote #2). (RASHI)
(4) This is the reasoning of Ze'iri, who adds that the wife of his mother's father has a Hefsek and is *not* Asur in other generations. (Rav argues and equates her with the mother of his father, who is Asur without a Hefsek, as above in footnote #3).
(5) The Gemara poses as a question whether the Chachamim prohibited the other generations of this Sheniyah, and concludes that they did not.
(6) TOSFOS (DH Lo Asru) adds that it is fitting to prohibit her for another reason -- she is included in the rule that "in any case of a female who is Asur because of Ervah, if that female were a male, his wife would be Asur mid'Rabanan as a Sheniyah." (See Chart #7)
(7) Rav Mesharsheya poses the question of whether these women were prohibited as Sheniyos. The Gemara's conclusion is that they are permitted.
(8) This Halachah is not explained in the Gemara. (In any case, the Gemara concludes that these women are permitted, as we wrote above in footnote #7). Apparently, according to the Havah Amina that they are prohibited, it would also be fitting to prohibit them without a Hefsek, since their first generation is Asur mid'Oraisa.
(9) TOSFOS (DH Eshes) equates his mother's mother's sister to his father's father's sister.
(10) The Gemara does not mention, in the list of Sheniyos of Rebbi Chiya, the status of the daughter of the *daughter* of his daughter, or the status of the daughter of the *daughter* of his wife's daughter; see Insights.
(11) The Gemara does not answer this question. The RAMBAM rules leniently, because "Safek d'Rabanan l'Kula."

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