חייס I

חַיִיסI (חוּס 2) connection, relationship, legally recognized ancestry or descent. Kidd.69a עבד אין לו ח׳ a slave has no legal relations (paternity); Yeb.23a. B. Kam.88a שאין להם ח׳ בנים who have no legitimate sons (i. e. slaves); שאין להם ח׳ אבות who have no legitimate parentage. Ib. גר נהי דאין לו ח׳ למעלהוכ׳ the proselyte, though he has no relationship upwards (with his relations before his conversion), has relations downwards (with his children born in Judaism); a. e.