Commentary for Yevamot 158:18

אלא אמר רב יוסף האי תנא הך תנא דבי רבי עקיבא היא דאמר מחייבי לאוין דשאר הוי ממזר מחייבי לאוין גרידי לא הוי ממזר

If these died<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without issue. ');">²⁵</span> and were survived by wives and brothers, and those brothers addressed a ma'amar to the wives, or gave them letters of divorce, or participated with them in <i>halizah</i>, their actions are legally valid;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what they did they have done'; after their ma'amar, a divorce is required; after their divorce, no marriage may take place; and their halizah is valid. ');">²⁶</span>

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