Commentary for Yevamot 204:1

ומי איכא כי האי גוונא אין דחזיוה רבנן לרב יהודה דנפק בחמשא זוזי מוקי לשוקא

Does this, however, ever happen? — Yes; for the Rabbis once saw Rab Judah going out into the street in five pairs of felt socks. Rab Judah reported in the name of Rab: A sister-in-law who was brought up together with the brothers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of her deceased husband. ');">¹</span> is permitted to marry any one of the brothers and there is no need to consider the possibility that she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the course of the years they were together. ');">²</span> might have taken off the sandal [from the foot] of one of them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a friendly service. It is now assumed that had such an act been performed the removal of the sandal would have been regarded as a valid halizah which would cause the sister-in-law to become forbidden to marry the brothers. ');">³</span>

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