Commentary for Yevamot 39:16

אלמנה לכהן גדול: קפסיק ותני לא שנא מן הנשואין ולא שנא מן האירוסין

widow and an erusin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³⁸</span> widow. Now, one can well understand the reason the case of a nissu'in widow [since marriage with her is forbidden by] a positive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 13. And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ');">³⁹</span> and a negative precept,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 14, A widow … shall he not take. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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