Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 167:14

וכ"ת טעמא דנשא דהוה ליה עשה ולא תעשה אבל קידש אתי עשה ודוחה לא תעשה והא כולה פירקין עשה ולא תעשה הוא ולא אתי עשה ודחי לא תעשה

as well as a negative<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A widow&nbsp;… shall he not (negative) take (ibid.). ');">³⁰</span> precept is involved,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were the levirate marriage to take place two precepts would have been overridden by the single positive precept of the levirate marriage. ');">³¹</span> but where betrothal only took place the positive precept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the levirate marriage. ');">²⁷</span> does override the negative;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 7. The positive precept. A virgin&nbsp;… shall he take (v. supra note 6) is not in this case infringed, since a widow after a betrothal is still in her virginity. ');">³²</span>

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