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with regard to one who said: I betrothed my elder daughter, the middle daughter of the younger second group should be permitted, as he would have called her by name rather than referring to her as: The elder one. The Talmud answers: Here we are dealing with a case where there are only two daughters
The Talmud adds: And so too, it is reasonable that this is the case, as, if it is so, that there is a middle daughter, let the Mishnah teach its halakha with a direct reference to her as well, as the uncertainty also applies to this daughter. In other words, the Mishnah should have stated: And I do
The Talmud questions this argument: How can these cases be compared? There it taught its halakha with a direct reference to a daughter who is younger than the middle daughter of the older group, and that daughter is mentioned for a prohibition, as the Mishnah states that the uncertainty applies eve
Conversely, here, with regard to the younger group, if it is so that there is uncertainty with regard to the middle daughter and she is forbidden, the Mishnah should teach its halakha with a direct reference to her, as one might think she is excluded from the uncertainty because she is not the eld
Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said to Rava: But there is the case of Passover, which is comparable to one group of daughters, as all the days of the Festival are part of a single group, and yet R' Meir and R' Yosei disagree with regard to it. This apparently contradicts Abaye’s opinion that everyo