Commentary for Yevamot 169:3

איכא דאמרי קיחה איצטריכא ליה ס"ד אמינא ליגמר מטומאה קמשמע לן

[The prohibition in regard] to marrying had to be specified.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'taking was necessary for him', with reference to the verse, 'They shall not take'. ');">⁹</span> Since it might have been assumed that it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition of the marriage of the halalah to a halal. ');">¹⁰</span> should be inferred from [that relating to] defilement,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which, as has just been shewn, applies only to men and not to women. ');">¹¹</span> therefore he taught us<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of marriage by the text of Lev. XXI, 7. ');">¹²</span>

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