Commentary for Yevamot 190:3

ת"ל אותה אותה שכיבתה אוסרתה ואין שכיבת אחותה אוסרתה:

then, in a case of cohabiting with [one forbidden] by a graver prohibition,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His wife's sister. ');">⁹</span> where the person, who causes the prohibition of her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the wife who causes her sister to be prohibited to her husband. ');">¹⁰</span> prohibits her during the whole of her lifetime,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition [If a man's wife's sister remains in force throughout the whole of the lifetime of his wife. ');">¹¹</span> how much more should we rule that the very person who causes the prohibition should become prohibited;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To her own husband. ');">¹²</span>

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