Commentary for Yevamot 20:12
since he has not built he must never again build.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The imperfect [H] may be rendered as a present as well as a future. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> He himself is thus placed under the prohibition of building no more,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., under a negative precept only which involves no kareth. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> but his brothers remain in the same position in which they were before.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., under the prohibition to marry a brother's wife, which involves the penalty of kareth. ');"><sup>33</sup></span>
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