Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 13:9

דתניא דבר שהיה בכלל ויצא מן הכלל וכו' כיצד

a positive precept supersedes a prohibition, is not the prohibition of a more serious nature than the precept?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A transgression of the prohibition involves the serious penalty of flogging, while the non-performance of the precept is no punishable offence. ');">¹⁷</span> And yet the positive precept comes and supersedes the prohibited; on what grounds, then, should a distinction be made between a minor and a major prohibition?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a positive precept supersedes an ordinary prohibition so it should also supersede one which involves kareth. ');">¹⁸</span>

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