Commentary for Yevamot 20:3

and later betrothed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the marriage in such a case is forbidden under a negative precept the transgression of which does not involve the penalty of kareth, the betrothal is legally valid. ');">⁶</span> her and died without issue, for since [the widow of such a one] is forbidden,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the brothers of the levir who gave the halizah: this prohibition, according to Resh Lakish infra involving the penalty of kareth. ');">⁷</span> her rival also is forbidden!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the brothers. Why then was not this case also added to the fifteen? ');">⁸</span>

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