Commentary for Yevamot 36:12

מתקיף לה רב יוסף השתא זיקה ומאמר מספקא ליה לר"ש אי ככנוסה דמיא אי לאו ככנוסה דמיא זיקה לחודה מיבעיא

or also in the case of two brothers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first of whom died without issue. ');">⁵¹</span> where the second has neither taken the widow in the levirate marriage nor died.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The third brother, who was born after the death of the first, is forbidden to marry the widow whose connection with the first brother has never been severed, since the second has neither married her nor submitted to her halizah. ');">⁵²</span> One can well understand [R. Simeon's reason]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For permitting the third brother to marry either of the widows. ');">⁵³</span> where the levirate marriage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the second brother. ');">⁵⁴</span> took place first and the birth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the third brother. ');">⁵⁵</span>

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