Commentary for Yevamot 107:14

מה לאשת אח שכן בידו לרבות דאי בעי מקדש ואזיל כי אלפא

it is deduced from this text that the first stage of contact<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (first stage) is of the same rt. as [H] he hath made naked (ibid.). ');">³⁸</span> is pentateuchally forbidden. Thus the case of a menstruant has been arrived at; whence that of other forbidden unions?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That with the other relatives also, or with any woman one is forbidden to marry, the first stage constitutes the offence. ');">³⁹</span> And were you to suggest that [their case] might be inferred from that of the menstruant, [it might be retorted] the menstruant is different since she causes the defilement of the man who cohabited with her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He, like herself, remains levitically unclean for seven days (v. Lev. XV, 24). As the restrictions of the menstruant are more rigid in respect of the defilement of the man they may also be more rigid in respect of the first stage of contact. What proofs however, is this that prohibition of the first stage of contact extends to other forbidden unions? ');">⁴⁰</span> — Rather the deduction<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That with the other relatives also, or with any woman one is forbidden to marry, the first stage constitutes the offence. ');">³⁹</span>

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