Commentary for Yevamot 238:14

נתייבמו ומתו היבמין אסורין להנשא רבי אלעזר אומר הואיל והותרו ליבמין הותרו לכל אדם

IF THE ONE HAD WITNESSES<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That her husband was dead. ');">³⁵</span> AND THE OTHER HAD NO WITNESSES,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That her husband was dead. ');">³⁵</span> SHE WHO HAD THE WITNESSES IS FORBIDDEN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry a stranger; since there are no witnesses to testify to the death of the levir. The evidence of his wife alone (cf. supra n. 4) is not sufficient for the purpose. ');">³⁶</span>

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