Commentary for Yevamot 210:3

אבל חכמים אומרים איש כתיב בפרשה אשה בין גדולה בין קטנה

is used,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which excludes the male minor. ');">⁷</span> and the woman is to be compared to the man'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since both man and sister-in-law (woman) were mentioned in the same verse (ibid.). As the male minor is excluded so is the female minor excluded. ');">⁸</span> The Sages, however, maintain that in the Pentateuchal section 'man' was written;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which excludes the male minor. ');">⁷</span>

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