Commentary for Yevamot 36:9

ותנא רישא להודיעך כחו דר"ש ותנא סיפא להודיעך כחן דרבנן ובדין הוא דנפלוג ר"ש ברישא אלא נטר להו לרבנן עד דמסיימי למילתייהו והדר פליג עלייהו

occurred afterwards, in which case he,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The third brother on the date of his birth. ');">³⁷</span> found her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The widow of the first brother. ');">³⁸</span> permitted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As an ordinary sister-in-law; she being no more the 'wife of his brother who was not his contemporary'. Lit., 'for when he found her he found her in a permitted state'. ');">³⁹</span> the Rabbis nevertheless forbade her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry the third brother. ');">⁴⁰</span> is there any need [for them to specify prohibition in the case where] the birth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the third brother. ');">³⁶</span>

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