Commentary for Yevamot 100:4

חלץ ועשה מאמר נתן גט ובעל או בעל ועשה מאמר ונתן גט וחלץ אין אחר חליצה כלום בין בתחלה בין באמצע בין בסוף

IF THE LEVIR GAVE A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO ONE AS WELL AS TO THE OTHER, <i>HALIZAH</i> IS NECESSARY FOR BOTH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The halizah is performed by one who thereby exempts the other. V. Gemara infra. ');">¹¹</span> IF HE GAVE A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO ONE AND COHABITED WITH THE OTHER, [THE SECOND] REQUIRES A LETTER OF DIVORCE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' She is forbidden to the levir on account of the divorce of the first. ');">¹²</span> AND MUST ALSO PERFORM THE <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Divorce alone is not enough since the cohabitation was unlawful (cf. supra note 3). ');">¹³</span> [IF HE GAVE] A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO ONE AND ADDRESSED A MA'AMAR TO THE OTHER, [THE SECOND] REQUIRES A LETTER OF DIVORCE AND [ONE OF THEM MUST PERFORM] THE <i>HALIZAH</i>. [IF HE GAVE] A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO ONE AND SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> FROM THE OTHER, THERE IS NO VALIDITY IN ANY ACT THAT FOLLOWS THE <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The halizah of the second sets both widows free; and the divorce of the first is of no consequence. ');">¹⁴</span>

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