Halakhah su Levitico 18:11
עֶרְוַ֨ת בַּת־אֵ֤שֶׁת אָבִ֙יךָ֙ מוֹלֶ֣דֶת אָבִ֔יךָ אֲחוֹתְךָ֖ הִ֑וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ (ס)
La nudità di tuo padre'moglie di s'figlia di tuo padre, è tua sorella, non scoprirai la sua nudità.
Sefer HaChinukh
To not reveal the nakedness of his sister, from any angle that she is his sister: To not reveal the nakedness of his sister - whether she is a sister only from the father or whether she is a sister only from the mother; whether she is a sister from a woman raped by his father, or whether she is a sister from a mother from infidelity. From all of these angles, she is called his sister, and [he] is liable for her, as it is stated (Leviticus 18:9), "The nakedness of your sister - the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born into the household or born outside." And if you shall say, "If so, what is this that is stated in the Torah (Leviticus 18:11), 'The nakedness of the daughter of the wife of your father, who has born into your father’s household'; and what was the need for this verse, is he not liable for her on account of [her being] his sister" - this verse was truthfully only stated to make the daughter of the wife of the father when she is his sister, a sexual prohibition on its own, and as we will write below in its place (below, Sefer HaChinukh 196). And it comes out that one who has intercourse with his sister, who is the daughter from the marriage of his father, is liable for two: on account of the nakedness of his sister and the nakedness of the daughter of the wife of his father. (Yevamot 22b). And if he has intercourse with her inadvertently, he is liable for two sin-offerings.
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Sefer HaChinukh
To not uncover the nakedness of his sister from the father, and she is the daughter of the wife of the father: To not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of the wife of the father when she is his sister - meaning to say, that she is the daughter of his father. As if she was the daughter of the wife of his father that is not his sister, we have already said above (Sefer HaChinukh 192) that he is permitted to marry her from the outset. Rather, the understanding [of the prohibition] is that it is the daughter of the wife of his father and she is his sister, as it is stated (Leviticus 18:11), "The nakedness of the daughter of your father [...] you shall not reveal." And I have already written above regarding the nakedness of the sister that this negative commandment comes in order to make his sister from the wife of his father a sexual prohibition by itself - and similar to what I wrote about his mother (Sefer HaChinukh 190): that if she is the wife of the father, he is liable with her for two - on account of the mother and on account of the wife of the father. And the proof is from that which they, may their memory be blessed, said in Yevamot 22b, "The Sages learned, 'He who has intercourse with his sister who is the daughter of his father’s wife, is liable on account of his sister and on account of the daughter of his father’s wife.' Rabbi Yose beRebbi Yehudah says, 'He is liable only on account of his sister alone.' What is the reason for the opinion of the rabbis? They said, 'How is it? Since it is written in the Torah, "The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, etc." (Leviticus 18:9), for what do I need, "The nakedness of the daughter of the wife of your father, who has born into your father’s household," (Leviticus 18:11)? We understand from this, [that] it is to make him liable on account of his sister and on account of the daughter of his father’s wife.'" It comes out that there is only one negative commandment with one who lays with his sister who is from a woman that his father raped; but one who lays with his sister from a woman that his father married is liable for [the transgression of] two negative commandments - and [so] if inadvertent, he is obligated to bring two sin-offerings. And 'the judgments of God are righteous': Since the Torah distanced the sister, it is fitting to be stringent with the one that is his full sister - meaning to say from marriage, as she is called the [true] sister (of her mother). And like this matter did Ramban, may his memory be blessed, write (Ramban on Leviticus 18:9).
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