Commentary for Yevamot 39:1
שמגרשה בגט ומחזירה התם נמי לימא ויבמה עדיין יבומין הראשונים עליה ותיבעי חליצה
that he may divorce her with a letter of divorce and that he may remarry her',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 8b, q.v. for notes, infra 39a. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> let it there also be said, 'And perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5' ');"><sup>2</sup></span> the former levirate attachment still remains with her' and, consequently, she should require <i>halizah</i> [also]! — There the case is different; since Scripture stated, 'And take her to him to wife',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5' ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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