Commentary for Yevamot 169:8

או דלמא כיון דאילו לית לה מראשון תקינו לה רבנן משני אית לה

[IN RESPECT OF] RELATIVES OF THE SECOND GRADE [WHO ARE FORBIDDEN] BY THE ORDINANCES OF THE SCRIBES etc. The men of Bairi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 561, n. 10. [Here probably Be Bari, south of Sura (v. Obermeyer, p. 308)]. ');">²⁴</span> enquired of R. Shesheth: Is a woman who is of the second grade of kinship to her husband but not to her levir entitled to claim her <i>kethubah</i> from the levir or not? [Do we say that] since a Master said that her <i>kethubah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a widow subject to the levirate marriage. ');">²⁵</span> is a charge on the estate of her first husband<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 381, Keth. 80b. ');">²⁶</span> she has no [claim upon the levir];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though in this particular case she can have no claim upon the estate of her husband. ');">²⁷</span>

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