Commentary for Yevamot 216:18

ואיכא דאמרי אמר רב יצחק בר אשיאן כשם שאסורה לו כך אסורה לאחין והא אינה מכרת בקריצותיהם ורמיזותיהם גזירה אחיו אטו הוא:

may she now exercise her right of <i>mi'un</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Against her first husband, through marriage with whom she became forbidden to the levir, the man in question. ');">⁴²</span> and thus annul her first marriage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And remove thereby her forbidden relationship with the levir. ');">⁴³</span> and so be permitted to contract the levirate marriage?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the levir between whom and herself no forbidden relationship any longer exists owing to her mi'un. Cf. supra notes 7 and 8. ');">⁴⁴</span>

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