Commentary for Yevamot 190:1

אלא אמר רבא אשת איש וכן כי אתא רבין א"ר יוחנן אשת איש ומאי קרי לה איסור קל שאין האוסרה אוסרה כל ימיו תניא נמי הכי אבא חנן אמר משום רבי אלעזר אשת איש

— Rather, said Raba, it means a married woman. Similarly when Rabin came<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">¹</span> he stated in the name of R. Johanan: A married woman. But why should this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Illicit intercourse with a married woman. ');">²</span> be described as 'a lighter prohibition'? — Because [her husband] who causes her to be prohibited [to other men] does not cause her to be so prohibited during the whole of his lifetime.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As soon as be divorces her she is free again. A prohibition of this nature, which may terminate at any time, is regarded as 'lighter' than the prohibition of a man's wife's sister, which remains in force throughout the whole of the lifetime of his wife. ');">³</span> It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The lighter prohibition referred to. ');">⁴</span>

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