Commentary for Yevamot 234:1

ת"ש אמרה מת בעלי ואח"כ מת חמי תנשא ותטול כתובה וחמותה אסורה מ"ט חמותה אסורה לאו משום דאמרינן לא בעלה מיית ולא חמיה מיית והא דקאמרה הכי לקלקולא לחמותה הוא דקמיכוונא

Come and hear: If a woman stated. 'My husband died first and my father-in-law died after him'. she may marry again and she also receives her <i>kethubah</i>. but her mother-in-law is forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry again; infra 118a. The evidence as to the death of her husband is not admissible though the witness. since her own husband was dead at the time she gave her evidence, was no longer her daughter-in-law. ');">¹</span> Now, why is her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The witness's. ');">²</span> mother-in-law forbidden? Is it not because it is assumed that neither her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The witness's. ');">²</span> husband died nor did her father-in-law die<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And both women are still related to one another as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. ');">³</span>

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