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Rashi on Leviticus 21:3/רש"י על ויקרא כ״א:ג׳

אהקרובה. לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָאֲרוּסָה (ספרא; יבמות ס'):
1הקרובה [AND FOR HIS SISTER A VIRGIN] THAT IS NIGH UNTO HIM — This is intended to include the sister who was only betrothed and has therefore not yet left her father's house and who is consequently still near to him (Sifra, Emor, Section 1 1; Yevamot 60a), for it continues
באשר לא היתה לאיש. לְמִשְׁכָּב:
2אשר לא היתה לאיש, WHO HATH HAD NO HUSBAND — i. e. who has not yet entered into marital relations with him:
גלה יטמא. מִצְוָה (ספרא; זבחים ק'):
3לה יטמא — This is a command, [and the translation is: FOR HER HE SHALL DEFILE HIMSELF, not, “he may defile himself”] (Sifra, Emor, Section 1 12; Zevachim 100a).