Commentary for Yevamot 121:7
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ת"ר מנין שאם אירס את האלמנה ונתמנה להיות כהן גדול שיכנוס ת"ל (ויקרא כא, יד) יקח אשה א"ה שומרת יבם נמי אשה ולא יבמה:
BECAME SUBJECT TO A COMMON PRIEST WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED HIGH PRIEST, [THE LATTER], THOUGH HE ALREADY ADDRESSED TO HER A MA'AMAR, MUST NOT CONSUMMATE THE MARRIAGE. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: Whence is it deduced that [a priest] who betrothed a widow and was afterwards appointed High Priest may consummate the marriage? It is specifically stated in Scripture, Shall he take to wife.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14. The word 'wife' is superfluous; hence the deduction. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> If so, [the same law should apply to] a yebamah awaiting the decision of the levir also! — A 'wife' but not a yebamah.
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