Commentary for Yevamot 108:2
אלא פריך הכי מה לנדה ואשת אח שכן אין אוסרן מתירן תאמר באשת איש שאוסרה מתירה
since the man who caused them to be forbidden cannot cause them to be permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The former is dependent on the prescribed number of days and the latter on the absence of any issue. And thus the original question remains: Whence is deduced the prohibition of the first stage of contact in the ease of all forbidden unions? ');"><sup>4</sup></span> Would you [then] apply their restrictions to a married woman whose permissibility is brought about<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through divorce. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> by the man who caused her to be forbidden? But, said R. Johanan, or as some say, R. Huna son of R. Joshua, Scripture stated, For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 29. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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