Commentary for Yevamot 37:4

ואם מאמרו של שני אינו מאמר אשת ראשון הוא בועל

Do you not make any distinction between the levirate bond with one levir and the levirate bond with two levirs? It is quite possible that R. Simeon said the levirate bond is like actual marriage in the case of one levir only<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in our Mishnah where the first brother was survived by one brother only. The subsequent birth of a third brother does not affect the levirate any more than it can affect an actual marriage. ');">¹⁰</span> but not in that of two levirs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of which the cited Baraitha speaks. There, when the first brother died he was survived by two brothers. ');">¹¹</span> Does R. Simeon, however, recognize such a distinction?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between one levir and two. ');">¹²</span>

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