Commentary for Yevamot 72:11

אמר רבא ולדברי חכמים יוציאה בגט אמר מר זוטרא דיקא נמי דקתני יוציא ולא קתני יפריש ש"מ

and the Sages have given more force to their provisions than to those which are Pentateuchal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As people might be lax in the observance of a Rabbinical law it was necessary to impose a penalty for its non-observance. ');">³⁰</span> but not to the case here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Marriage with an expectant yebamah. ');">³¹</span> where the prohibition is Pentateuchal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It being possible that the child would be viable. ');">²⁶</span>

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