Commentary for Yevamot 108:9

לכדבעא מיניה רבינא מרבא המערה בזכור מהו בזכור משכבי אשה כתיבא

Now is a brother's wife always a menstruant?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 359, n. 6. ');">²²</span> But the meaning is, 'like a menstruant': as a menstruant, although permitted afterwards,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the days of her uncleanness are over. ');">²³</span> is forbidden under the penalty of <i>kareth</i> during the period of her prohibition, so also a brother's wife, though permitted afterwards,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After her husband's death. ');">²⁴</span>

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