Commentary for Yevamot 35:8

ואי ס"ד סבר ר"מ אין זיקה הני מתרי בתי קאתיין האי לייבם חדא והאי לייבם חדא

either performs the <i>halizah</i> or enters into the levirate marriage.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the third brother. Infra 19a. ');">¹⁷</span> Now, if it be maintained that a levirate bond does exist,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra p. 99' n. 5. ');">¹⁸</span> the second, owing to this bond, would be the rival of 'the wife<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bond being regarded to be just as binding as actual marriage. ');">¹⁹</span>

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