Commentary for Yevamot 46:4

לזה אחד ולזה שנים היחיד חולץ לשתיהן והשנים אחד חולץ ואחד מייבם קדמו וכנסו אין מוציאין מידם לזה שנים ולזה שנים אחיו של זה חולץ לאחת ואחיו של זה חולץ לאחת אחיו של זה מייבם חלוצתו של זה ואחיו של זה מייבם חלוצתו של זה

THEY ARE NOT TO BE [PARTED FROM] THEM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each of them is entitled to marry one of the widows either as his yebamah (v. Glos.) or as a stranger. The question of the forbidden marriage of the sister of a zekukah does not arise, since both are now married, and the marriage of the zekukah to the one brother has severed her levirate bond with the other. ');">⁸</span> IF TWO MEN BETROTHED TWO SISTERS AND THE ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHOM HE BETROTHED AND THE OTHER DOES NOT KNOW WHOM HE BETROTHED, THE ONE MUST GIVE TWO LETTERS OF DIVORCE AND THE OTHER MUST ALSO GIVE TWO LETTERS OF DIVORCE. IF THEY DIED AND THE ONE LEFT A BROTHER AND THE OTHER ALSO LEFT A BROTHER, THE ONE BROTHER MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE <i>HALIZAH</i> WITH THE TWO WIDOWS AND THE OTHER ALSO MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE <i>HALIZAH</i> WITH THE TWO WIDOWS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neither may marry any of the widows since either might happen to be the sister of his zekukah. ');">⁹</span> IF ONE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the deceased. ');">¹⁰</span>

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