Commentary for Yevamot 14:2

ואי לא אהדריה קרא ה"א למאי דנפק נפק ולמאי דלא נפק לא נפק ה"נ ה"א אשת אח דאישתרא אישתראי שאר עריות לא

so also here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of the levirate marriage. ');">⁵</span> I would assume, only a brother's wife who was explicitly mentioned [can be said] to be permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that was permitted is permitted'. ');">⁶</span> but not any of the other forbidden relatives!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The question consequently arises again: What need was there for ''aleha' in Lev. XVIII, 18. (Cf. supra p. 30, n. s). ');">⁷</span> But<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason why a superfluous text (v. previous note) was needed. ');">⁸</span>

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