Reference for Sotah 33:16

אמר רבא ודאשה עדיפא מדאיש (מ"ט) האי מצרף והאי לא מצרף

it also denotes limitation. But R. Meir does not accept the rule that an affirmative is to be deduced as the corollary of a negative!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then does he consider verse 20 to imply a curse, v. Kid. 61a-62a and Shebu. 36a. ');">¹⁵</span>

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