Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 5:11

ומאי איריא דתני מן החליצה ומן הייבום ליתני מן הייבום לחודיה אי תנא מן הייבום הוה אמינא מיחלץ חלצה יבומי לא מייבמה קמ"ל כל העולה לייבום עולה לחליצה וכל שאינו עולה לייבום אינו עולה לחליצה

But why indeed should not [the expression of prohibition be applicable to <i>halizah</i>]? If you were to say that <i>halizah</i> is permissible, [one might say that] levirate marriage is also permitted!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression of 'prohibit' in relation to halizah could, consequently, properly have been used. Why then was 'exempt' preferred to 'prohibit'? ');">²⁸</span> — As a rival<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of one's daughter, for instance. ');">²⁹</span> is forbidden only where the commandment [of the levirate marriage] is applicable but is permitted where the commandment is not applicable,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If his daughter, e.g., had married one who was not his near of kin, her rival, on the death of her husband, is not forbidden to marry the father; v. infra 13a. ');">³⁰</span>

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