Commentary for Yevamot 100:3

חלץ וחלץ או חלץ ועשה מאמר נתן גט ובעל או בעל ובעל או בעל ועשה מאמר נתן גט וחלץ אין אחר חליצה כלום בין יבם אחד לשתי יבמות בין שני יבמין ליבמה אחת

AND [THE OTHER MUST PERFORM] THE <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To sever thereby the levirate bond which a letter of divorce cannot do. ');">⁷</span> IF HE ADDRESSED A MA'AMAR TO ONE AND COHABITED WITH THE OTHER, BOTH REQUIRE LETTERS OF DIVORCE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of the ma'amar and the cohabitation respectively. The second widow may not be retained in matrimony owing to the bond of the ma'amar with the first. ');">⁸</span> AND [ONE MUST PERFORM] THE <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The other becoming thereby exempt from the levirate obligations. The divorce alone does not set the second free because the cohabitation with her was not the performance of a legal commandment but an unlawful act. ');">⁹</span> IF HE ADDRESSED A MA'AMAR TO ONE AND SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> FROM THE OTHER, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE FIRST TO OBTAIN A LETTER OF DIVORCE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The halizah of this second cannot annul the force of the ma'amar of the first. ');">¹⁰</span>

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