Commentary for Yevamot 4:5

כיצד פוטרות צרותיהן היתה בתו או אחת מכל העריות האלו נשואות לאחיו ולו אשה אחרת ומת כשם שבתו פטורה כך צרתה פטורה הלכה צרת בתו ונשאת לאחיו השני ולו אשה אחרת ומת כשם שצרת בתו פטורה כך צרת צרתה פטורה

WHO ALSO HAD YET ANOTHER WIFE WHEN HE DIED, THEN AS THE RIVAL OF HIS DAUGHTER IS EXEMPT SO IS ALSO HIS DAUGHTER'S RIVAL'S RIVAL EXEMPT, EVEN IF THERE WERE A HUNDRED [BROTHERS].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Everyone of whom had also another wife or wives and the rival's rival married them in turn, ad infinitum. ');">⁹</span> HOW [IS ONE TO UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT THAT] IF THEY HAD DIED, THEIR RIVALS ARE PERMITTED?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 2, n. 7. ');">¹⁰</span>

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