Halakhah for Yevamot 10:12

אלא איצטריך סד"א תיתי מכבוד אב ואם

Nor [can the derivation be made] from all of them, since they were all in force before the giving of the law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra nn. 9 and 10. The law of the paschal lamb also was given in Egypt prior to the date of the Revelation. V. Ex. XII. ');">⁴⁰</span> But [this is the reason for] the need of a special text:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Beside her (Lev. XVIII, 18), to indicate that levirate marriage is forbidden when the widow of the deceased brother is the surviving brother's forbidden relative. ');">⁴¹</span> It might have been assumed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had not that text (in Lev. XVIII, 18; v. previous note) been written. ');">⁴²</span> that this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a positive precept supersedes a prohibition involving kareth and that consequently a levir may marry his deceased childless brother's widow even if she happens to be a forbidden relative of his. ');">⁴³</span>

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