Commentary for Yevamot 100:5

והבעילה בזמן שהיא בתחלה אין אחריה כלום באמצע ובסוף יש אחריה כלום רבי נחמיה אומר אחת בעילה ואחת חליצה בין בתחלה בין באמצע בין בסוף אין אחריה כלום:

IF THE LEVIR SUBMITTED TO HALIZAH FROM THE ONE AND FROM THE OTHER, OR SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> [FROM ONE] AND ADDRESSED [TO THE OTHER] A MA'AMAR, GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE, OR COHABITED WITH HER; OR IF HE COHABITED WITH THE ONE AND WITH THE OTHER, OR COHABITED [WITH THE ONE] AND ADDRESSED [TO THE OTHER] A MA'AMAR, GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE, OR SUBMITTED TO HER <i>HALIZAH</i>, NO ACT IS VALID AFTER THE <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf p. 329, n. 4. The relatives of the second widow are permitted to him as if he had not acted at all after the first halizah. ');">¹⁵</span> [THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW] WHETHER THERE WAS ONE LEVIR TO TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW OR TWO LEVIRS TO ONE SISTER-IN-LAW.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the two levirs performed the above mentioned acts with the same widow. ');">¹⁶</span> [IF THE LEVIR]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where there was only one levir and one sister-in-law. ');">¹⁷</span> SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> AND THEN ADDRESSED TO HER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The same sister-an-law. ');">¹⁸</span>

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