Commentary for Yevamot 40:8

אי הכי כל התורה כולה נמי עשה ולא תעשה הוא דכתיב והתקדשתם אלא אמר רבא גזירה אלמנה מן האירוסין אטו אלמנה מן הנשואין

had intercourse with them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This proves that those forbidden by negative precept are subject to levirate marriage no less than to halizah, and thus the question remains, why should an erusin widow be forbidden in levirate marriage to a High Priest? ');">¹³</span> But, said Raba, [say rather that] an erusin widow is forbidden<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To a High Priest. ');">¹⁴</span>

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