דודתך היא. חשובה היא כדודתך וכן הנה חנמאל דודי והנה מה יעשו הסומכים במצות על התורה לבדה כי לא אסר הכתוב אשת אחי האם ולא אם האב ולא אם האם על כן אנחנו צריכים לקבלה ויתכן שלא הזכיר אשת אחי האם כי נלמוד מאשת אחי האב והזכירה בפרשת קדושים גם הנזכרות שלא הזכירם הכתוב דבר על ההוה: SHE IS THINE AUNT. She is considered as your aunt.47For she is the wife of your uncle. Similarly “Behold Hanamel, my uncle.”48There is no such verse. The reference appears to be to Jer. 32:7, Behold Hanamel, the son of Shallum thine uncle. Vat. Ebr. 38 reads: in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle (Jer. 32:6). Be that as it may, I.E.’s point is that Hanamel was not Jeremiah’s uncle. He was the son of Jeremiah’s uncle. Nevertheless, Scripture refers to him as his uncle. Now what will those who rely on the Torah alone for the commandments49The Karaites. do? For Scripture does not prohibit the wife of the brother of one’s mother, and not the mother of one’s father, or the mother of one’s mother.50They are prohibited by Rabbinic dictate. However, the Karaites, who do not accept Rabbinic tradition, have no basis for prohibiting these women. We therefore need tradition. It is possible that the reason that Scripture did not mention that the wife of one’s mother’s brother is prohibited is that we learn this from the prohibition of the wife of the father’s brother. The prohibition of the wife of one’s brother is mentioned in the Torah (Lev. 19:3) portion Ye shall be holy. Also, the reason that those whom I mentioned51The mother of one’s father and the mother of one’s mother. are not listed in Scripture is that the Torah speaks of that which is prevalent.52Sexual intercourse with grandparents is extremely rare.