Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 41:4

אמר רבא רמז לשניות מן התורה מנין שנאמר (ויקרא יח, כז) כי את כל התועבות האל עשו אנשי הארץ האל קשות מכלל דאיכא רכות ומאי נינהו שניות

-Resh Lakish can answer you: I said it only in the case where the precept is fulfilled; here, however, <i>halizah</i> as a substitute for the levirate marriage is not a fulfilment of the precept.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is only a ritual to be observed where levirate marriage cannot take place. The precept of levirate marriage, however, is not thereby fulfilled. ');">⁹</span> Raba said: Where in the Torah may an allusion be found to [the prohibition of] relations in the second degree?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'whence an allusion to seconds from the Torah'. ');">¹⁰</span> It is said, For all these abominations have the men of the land done;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 27, dealing with incest. ');">¹¹</span>

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