Commentary for Yevamot 39:18

אמר רב גידל אמר רב אמר קרא (דברים כה, ז) ועלתה יבמתו השערה שאין ת"ל יבמתו מה תלמוד לומר יבמתו יש לך יבמה אחת שעולה לחליצה ואינה עולה לייבום ואיזו זו חייבי לאוין

override the negative<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 14, A widow … shall he not take. ');">⁴⁰</span> one? — R. Giddal replied in the name of Rab: Scripture stated, Then his brother's wife shall go up to the 'gate,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 7. ');">⁴³</span> where there was no need to state his brother's wife;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the pronoun implied in [H] (then she shall go up) sufficiently indicates the subject which has been previously mentioned. ');">⁴⁴</span>

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