Commentary for Yevamot 238:5

רבי חנינא אמר לעצמה שלשה לחברתה לעולם ותחלוץ ממה נפשך

— Ze'iri replied: [She waits] on account of herself three months<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As any other woman whose husband died. V. supra 42b. ');">¹¹</span> and on account of her associate nine,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since should her rival be pregnant, her levirate bond could not be severed by halizah but by the actual birth of a viable child. ');">¹²</span> and then she may, at all events,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether the rival gave birth to a child or not. V. infra note 5. ');">¹³</span>

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