Commentary for Yevamot 183:13

אמרו לה מת בנך ואח"כ מת בעליך ונתייבמה ואח"כ אמרו לה חילוף היו הדברים תצא והולד ראשון ואחרון ממזר אמרו לה מת בעליך וניסת ואח"כ אמרו לה קיים היה ומת תצא והולד ראשון ממזר והאחרון אינו ממזר

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND AND SON WENT TO COUNTRY BEYOND THE SEA WAS TOLD,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and they came and said to her'. ');">⁴¹</span> 'YOUR HUSBAND DIED AND YOUR SON DIED AFTERWARDS',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the son was alive when his father died the widow is not subject to the levirate marriage or halizah. ');">⁴²</span> AND SHE MARRIED AGAIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A stranger. ');">⁴³</span> AND LATER SHE WAS TOLD,' IT WAS OTHERWISE'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the matter was reversed', the son died first, so that when his father died afterwards the widow was subject to halizah or levirate marriage. ');">⁴⁴</span>

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