Commentary for Yevamot 35:4

אמר רבה הוא הדין דאע"ג דלא עבד בה מאמר שניה מחלץ חלצה יבומי לא מייבמה

the second also would have been permitted to enter into the levirate marriage with him. Now, if it be maintained that the levirate bond does exist,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the widow and the levir, from the moment her husband, the first brother, died. ');">⁷</span> the second, owing to this bond, would be the rival of the 'wife of his brother who was not his contemporary'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With whom levirate marriage is forbidden. ');">⁸</span> — Rabbah replied: The same law, that the second must perform the <i>halizah</i> with, but may not be married to the levir, applies even to the case where no ma'amar was addressed to her;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first, the widow of the first deceased brother. ');">⁶</span>

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