Commentary for Yevamot 29:7

והא תאבני קאמר לאפוקי מדרבי יוחנן בן נורי

of R. Johanan b.Nuri.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who desired to institute for rivals halizah to enable them to marry strangers, though prohibiting their marriage with the brothers ');">¹⁹</span> Come and hear: It happened that R. Gamaliel's daughter was married to his brother Abba who died without issue, and that R. Gamaliel married her rival!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus acting in accordance with the ruling of Beth Shammai. (V. p. 79, n. 12.) ');">²⁰</span> — But how do you understand this? Was R. Gamaliel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A descendant of the house of Hillel. ');">²¹</span>

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