Commentary for Yevamot 188:9

דתניא (ויקרא כ, יד) באש ישרפו אותו ואתהן אותו ואת אחת מהן דברי ר' ישמעאל ר"ע אומר אותו ואת שתיהן

and that the latter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The brother at home. ');">²⁵</span> had lawfully married her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so, in order that it be not suspected that a lawful marriage had been dissolved without a letter of divorce, It was enacted, as a preventive measure, that a letter of divorce was in such a case necessary. ');">³⁰</span> And how is one to understand a "wife's sister"?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In whose case a letter of divorce is required. ');">²⁴</span> Where a man, for instance, betrothed a woman and she went to a country beyond the sea, and he, on hearing that she died, married her sister;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In such a case a divorce was necessary. ');">²⁶</span>

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