Commentary for Yevamot 188:4

אמרינן מתוך שנאסרה אשת גיסו אגיסו תיאסר אשתו עליו לימא מתניתין דלא כר"ע דאי ר"ע הויא לה אחות גרושתו

had the effect of causing the prohibition of the wife of his brother-in-law to his brother-in-law, it is nevertheless the wife of his brother-in-law that is forbidden,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To her husband. ');">¹⁰</span> while his own wife is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To him ');">¹¹</span> and we do not say that, since the wife of his brother-in-law is forbidden to his brother-in-law, his Own wife also should be forbidden to him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the same marriage which results in a prohibition of the one woman does not effect the permissibility of the other. ');">¹²</span> Are we to assume that our Mishnah does not represent the view of R. Akiba? For if [it be in agreement with] R. Akiba [his wife]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who comes back and who, according to our Mishnah, is permitted to return to him. ');">¹³</span>

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