Commentary for Yevamot 20:4

— The other replied: Because in this case the law of the rival of the rival<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. our Mishnah. ');">⁹</span> cannot be applied.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her rival (as well as herself), being forbidden to all the other brothers (as brother's wife or as the haluzah of one of the brothers), can never have any of the wives of the brothers as her rival. In the case of the forbidden relatives in our Mishnah, they are forbidden to one of the brothers only, hence they or their rivals are not otherwise precluded from marrying one of the other brothers. ');">¹⁰</span> But could he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Johanan. ');">¹¹</span>

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