Commentary for Yevamot 105:12

בין יבם אחד לשתי יבמות כו': בשלמא לרבי יוחנן דאמר כולה ביתא בלאו קאי איצטריך לאשמועינן דאין קדושין תופסין בחייבי לאוין

— Does it state: He may participate in the <i>halizah</i>? What it states is 'had participated', implying a fait accompli.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The proper procedure, however, might still be for the halizah to be performed by the widow to whom the ma'amar had been addressed. ');">²⁹</span> A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO THE ONE AS WELL AS TO THE OTHER etc. May it be suggested that this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statement in our Mishnah that HALIZAH IS NECESSARY FOR BOTH, which seems to imply that each widow must perform halizah where there is only one levir and, since the Mishnah also stated THAT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW WHETHER THERE WAS ONE LEVIR AND TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW OR TWO LEVIRS AND ONE SISTER-IN-LAW, that where there are two levirs and one sister-in-law halizah must be performed with both levirs. ');">³⁰</span> provides support to Rabbah son of R. Huna. For Rabbah son of R. Huna stated, 'A <i>halizah</i> of an impaired character must go the round of all the brothers'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 26b, 51a. ');">³¹</span>

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