Commentary for Yevamot 35:10

ואי אין זיקה תיבטל דהא ר"ג אמר אין זיקה ומותר לבטל מצות יבמין

Surely we have learned: In the case of four brothers two of whom were married to two sisters, if those who were married to the sisters died, behold their widows perform the <i>halizah</i> but may not be taken in levirate marriage [by either of the levirs].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Ed. V, 5' infra 23b, 26a, 7b; because, obviously, both are bound by a levirate bond to both surviving brothers and each is the sister of a woman who is connected with either of the brothers by such a levirate bond. ');">²¹</span> Now, if R. Meir is of the opinion that no levirate bond exists,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 99' n. 5. ');">²²</span> these would come from two different houses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' None of them standing in any marital relationship with either of the surviving brothers. ');">²³</span>

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