Commentary for Yevamot 13:11

הכא נמי הא אשת אח בכלל כל העריות היתה ולמה יצתה להקיש אליה ולומר לך מה אשת אח שריא אף כל עריות נמי שריין

But<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Now that it is concluded that the need of the Scriptural text prohibiting the execution of a death sentence on Sabbath is because otherwise the permissibility thereof might have been argued a minori, and not on the ground of the principle that a positive command supersedes a prohibition, there is no proof available for the assumption that a positive precept supersedes a prohibition which involves kareth, and thus the original question again arises: What need was there for the specific text of Lev. XVIII, 18, ''aleha' (supra p. 8), to indicate the obvious? (i.e., that the positive precept of the levirate marriage does not supersede the prohibition of marrying a consanguineous relative). ');">²⁰</span> [this is the reason why a specific text] was needed:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. previous note. ');">²¹</span>

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