Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Yevamot 35:1

הוה אמינא מחיים אבל לאחר מיתה פקעה לה זיקה קמ"ל דזיקה בכדי לא פקעה לימא מסייע ליה יבמתו שמתה מותר באחותה באחותה אין באמה לא

it might have been assumed [that this holds good only] while she is alive but that after death the bond is broken,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'burst', 'split'. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> hence it was taught that the levirate bond is not automatically<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by nothing', 'without formality', i.e., without the due performance of the halizah. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> dissolved.

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