Commentary for Yevamot 108:5

האי סברא היא מדאמר רחמנא לאחר מיתת בעלה שריא מכלל דבחיי בעלה אסורה

— [The query is] rather, whence the allusion that a sister-in-law is forbidden<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry her husband's brother. ');">¹²</span> during the lifetime of her husband?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if he had divorced her. ');">¹³</span> But surely this is a logical inference: Since the All Merciful said that she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sister-in-law. ');">¹⁴</span>

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