Commentary for Yevamot 121:11

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that there is no difference whether [the yebamah became a widow] after betrothal or after marriage! One can well understand [the case of the widow] after marriage, [since marriage with her is forbidden by] a positive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And he shall take a wife in her virginity, Lev. XXI, 13. ');">²⁶</span> as well as by a negative commandment,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A widow&nbsp;… shall he not take, ibid. 14. ');">²⁷</span> and no positive commandment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of the levirate marriage, v. Deut, XXV, 5. ');">²⁸</span>

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