Commentary for Yevamot 39:19

ואימא חייבי כריתות אמר קרא (דברים כה, ז) אם לא יחפוץ האיש לקחת הא חפץ מייבם כל העולה לייבום עולה לחליצה וכל שאין עולה לייבום אינו עולה לחליצה

why then was 'his brother's wife' specified? [To indicate that] there is a case of another<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. BaH a.l. Cur. edd., 'one'. ');">⁴⁵</span> brother's wife who goes up for <i>halizah</i> but does not go up for levirate marriage.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a brother's wife not coming under the obligation of levirate marriage as the one spoken of previously in the text. ');">⁴⁶</span> And who is she? One of those prohibited<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'guilty of'. ');">⁴⁷</span>

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