Commentary for Yevamot 112:4

אלא מאי וכן אשלא כדרכה דעריות אדרבה עיקר משכבי אשה בעריות כתיב

On the contrary; the original prohibition of the various forms of intercourse with a woman was written in connection with the forbidden relatives!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of the sister-in-law is derived from them; not theirs from hers. ');">¹⁰</span> — Rather, SIMILARLY refers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what'. ');">⁸</span> to unnatural intercourse with those [cohabitation with whom is] subject to the penalty of negative precepts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 378, n. 6 and supra n. 2 mutatis mutandis. ');">¹¹</span>

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