Commentary for Ketubot 48:11
תיבעי למ"ד מעלין הני מילי תרומה דעון מיתה היא אבל נשיאות כפים דאיסור עשה לא או דלמא לא שנא
Ask it according to him who says [that] they raise: This is said in the case of terumah, which [if eaten by one who is not a kohen] is punishable with death; but [in the case of] “lifting up the hands,” which is only the prohibition of a positive commandment, [I would say] no. Or perhaps there is no difference.
Rashi on Ketubot
For it is forbidden from a positive commandment - "So shall you bless" (Numbers 6). You [priests] and not non-priests. And a negative commandment that comes from a positive commandment is [called] a positive commandment.
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