Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 39:17

בשלמא מן הנשואין עשה ולא תעשה ואין עשה דוחה לא תעשה ועשה אלא מן האירוסין לא תעשה גרידא הוא יבא עשה וידחה לא תעשה

and no positive precept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of the levirate marriage. ');">⁴¹</span> may override both a negative and a positive precept. In the case, however, of an erusin widow [marriage with whom is forbidden by] a negative precept only,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 6. The positive precept (v. n. 5) is not infringed since she is still a virgin. ');">⁴²</span> let the positive precept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of the levirate marriage. ');">⁴¹</span>

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