Commentary for Yevamot 188:6

ולאו איתמר עלה א"ר גידל א"ר חייא בר יוסף אמר רב האי אשת אח היכי דמי כגון שקדש אחיו את האשה והלך למדינת הים ושמע שמת אחיו ועמד ונשא את אשתו דאמרי אינשי הך קמא תנאה הוה ליה בקידושין והאי שפיר נסיב

R. Akiba, however, adds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the women who require a letter of divorce. ');">¹⁸</span> also a brother's wife<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom a man married on the evidence that her husband (his brother) was dead, and her husband subsequently returned. ');">¹⁹</span> and a wife's sister.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. the first case in our Mishnah. ');">²⁰</span> Now, since R. Akiba ruled that she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His wife's sister. V. supra n. 8. ');">²¹</span>

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