Commentary for Moed Katan 45:6
ואם אין לו בנים מותר לישא לאלתר משום ביטול פריה ורביה הניחה לו בנים קטנים מותר לישא לאלתר מפני פרנסתן
he may fail in [the duty of] procreation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Gen. I, 27-28; II, 24.');"><sup>7</sup></span> If she left him little children, he is allowed to take a wife forthwith to take care of them. It happened that the wife of Joseph the Priest died and he said on the burial ground to her sister: Go and take care of your sister's children: nevertheless he did not go in to her [as husband] till a long time after.
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