Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 5:1

כולהו נמי מדרשא אתו נהי דלענין ייבום אתיין מדרשא עיקר איסורייהו בהדיא כתיב בהו בתו עיקר איסורא מדרשא

[The law, surely,] concerning all the others also was arrived at<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect to their exemption from the levirate marriage. ');">¹</span> by exposition!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By deduction from the law of a wife's sister. ');">²</span> — Granted that in respect of [exemption from] the levirate marriage [the law in relation to them] was arrived at by exposition, the principle of prohibition [of sexual intercourse] with them has been explicitly enunciated in Scripture, [while as regards] his daughter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 2. ');">³</span>

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