Commentary for Yevamot 14:3

אלא סד"א תיתי במה מצינו מאשת אח מה אשת אח מייבמה אף אחות אשה תתייבם

it might have been assumed that the law of a wife's sister<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this reading v. BaH. ');">⁹</span> should be deduced from what has been found in the case of a brother's wife; as a levir may marry his brother's wife so he may also marry his wife's sister.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it was necessary to have the superfluous text, ''aleha' (v. supra n. 4) to shew that the law was not so. ');">¹⁰</span> Are, however, the two cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Brother's wife and wife's sister. ');">¹¹</span> similar? In the one case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'there', a brother's wife. ');">¹²</span>

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