Commentary for Yevamot 51:17
איסור מצוה ואיסור קדושה חולצת ולא מתייבמת
-The meaning is, 'There is no need',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it is not required he said'. ');"><sup>42</sup></span> [thus]: There is no need [to state that the law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Permitting the marriage of any of the women in question. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> is applicable to] one's father before whom a son is shy;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And would not venture to be too intimate with his wife. ');"><sup>43</sup></span>
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