Commentary for Yevamot 39:3

ומה ראית מסתברא שדי היתירא אהיתירא ושדי איסורא אאיסורא

should be applied to that which is [also otherwise] permitted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ordinary levirate. ');">⁵</span> and that prohibition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implied in the words 'And perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her'. ');">⁶</span> should be applied to that which is [also otherwise] prohibited.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 'the wife of his brother who was not his contemporary'. ');">⁷</span>

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