Commentary for Yevamot 34:13

תנן יבמתו שמתה מותר באחותה באחותה אין באמה לא

is of the opinion that no levirate bond<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zikah [H] v. Glos. ');">³⁹</span> exists<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the widow of the deceased brother and the levir, prior to the levirate marriage. Had such a bond existed, her mother would have been forbidden to the levir as his mother-in. law. ');">⁴⁰</span> let him then say, the <i>halachah</i> is in accordance with the view of him who said no levirate bond exists!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 41a. ');">⁴¹</span> — If he had said so, it might have been suggested that this applied only to the case of two<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Brothers. Since it is not known which of them will actually marry her, the levirate bond is necessarily weak. ');">⁴²</span>

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