Commentary for Yevamot 40:11

אשה שאין לה בנים לא תתייבם גזירה משום אשה שיש לה בנים בבנים תלא רחמנא מידע ידיע

all the [negative precepts of the] Torah should be regarded as positive and negative since it is written in the Scriptures, And sanctify yourselves!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 44cf. p. 119, n. 11. ');">¹⁷</span> But, said Raba, [the fact is that]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba's answer thus being rebutted, there remains the question, why should an erusin widow be forbidden in levirate marriage to a High Priest. ');">¹⁹</span>

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