Leviticus 18:12
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister,.... His aunt by his father's side, an instance of which we have in Amram, Exodus 6:20; and Maimonides says {i}, an aunt was forbidden whether she was a father's sister in lawful wedlock or in fornication:
she is thy father's near kinswoman; or, the rest of thy father {k}; the residue of his flesh, one of the same flesh and blood with him; wherefore, as he could not marry her himself, so his son likewise was too near akin to enter into such a relation with her.
{i} Hilchot Issure Biah, c. 2. sect. 5.
{k} Kyba rav "reliquiarum patris tui", Tigurine version.
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