Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 14:8

ואמר עולא מה טעם הואיל והותר לצרעתו הותר לקרויו מי דמי לדעולא

for it is said, And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah&nbsp;… before the new court.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Chron. XX, 5, referring to a day when Israel completed a period of purification. ');">²⁹</span> What is meant by the new court? Rabbi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the reading also in Zeb. 32b. Cur. edd. enclose in parentheses 'R. Johanan'. ');">³⁰</span> replied: That they enacted therein new laws, ordaining that a tebul yom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³¹</span> must not enter the camp of the Levites.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which proves that the prohibition for a tebul yom to enter the Levitical camp was not of Pentateuchal origin, having been first enacted in the days of Jehoshaphat. ');">³²</span> And 'Ulla said: 'What is the reason?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why was a leper in the circumstances mentioned permitted to extend his hands into the Sanctuary whither an unclean person, according to 'Ulla, may not project even part of his body? ');">³³</span> Since he was given permission<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To project his hands into the Sanctuary. ');">³⁴</span> in respect of his leprosy,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Despite the prohibition for an unclean person, though the days of his purification have been duly observed, to enter the Sanctuary even partially, prior to the offering of the prescribed sacrifices. ');">³⁵</span> permission was also given to him in respect of his discharge of the semen.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus it is proved that since something was permitted in one respect the permission remains in force even when another prohibition may be involved in another respect. The same argument might have also applied to a wife's sister or widow of a deceased brother. Hence the need of the text, ''aleha'. ');">³⁶</span> But is this case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A brother's wife who is also one's wife's sister. ');">³⁷</span> similar to that of 'Ulla?

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