Commentary for Yevamot 57:3

הא תינח איהי אחותה מאי איכא למימר גזירה אחותה משום לתא דידה

But, surely. no such preventive measures were made in the case where one was forbidden as incest!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. our Mishnah: HE IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY HER BUT IS PERMITTED TO MARRY HER SISTER, and no preventive measure against the sister was enacted. ');">⁸</span> — A case of incest is different because people are well acquainted with it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And would know that one sister was forbidden because of incest. ');">⁹</span> and it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The cause why the second sister is taken in levirate marriage. ');">¹⁰</span>

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