Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 167:13

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי איריא דתני נשא ליתני קידש

He could have taught: 'Betrothed'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if only betrothal had taken place the woman would be permitted to her husband and forbidden to the levir. ');">²⁶</span> And were you to reply that the reason [for the prohibition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the levirate marriage. ');">²⁷</span> is only] because he MARRIED, since [in that case]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the levir is a High Priest. ');">²⁸</span> a positive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A virgin&nbsp;… shall (positive) he take (Lev. XXI, 14) but not a widow (negative). A negative derived from a positive has only the force of a positive. ');">²⁹</span>

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