Commentary for Yevamot 100:8

ומאי טעמא אמור רבנן מאמר ביבמה מהני משום דמהני בעלמא דאי אמרת לא מהני אמרי מאמר לקנות וביאה לקנות ומדמאמר לא מהני ביאה נמי לא מהניא ואתי למיבעל אחר ביאה

concerns only a letter of divorce after another letter of divorce and a ma'amar after another ma'amar, but one letter of divorce to one sister-in-law or one ma'amar to one sister-in-law is valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The divorce prevents subsequent levirate marriage under the prohibition of 'that doth not build' etc. (v. supra p. 328, n. 4, second clause); and the ma'amar prevents the levirate marriage of a rival under the injunction, 'a levir may build one house but not two houses', and necessitates also a letter of divorce should it be desired to cancel the ma'amar. ');">²⁷</span> Why did the Rabbis say that a letter of divorce to one sister-in-law is valid?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Pentateuch, surely, only halizah was prescribed and the prohibition under 'that doth not build' should apply to the prescribed ceremony only! ');">²⁸</span> — Because it is also valid elsewhere.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the release of all married women. ');">²⁹</span> For should you suggest that it is not valid,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And that the levir may marry the widow even after he gave her a letter of divorce. ');">³⁰</span>

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