Commentary for Yevamot 47:17

ואימא כי איכא בכור ליהדר אגדול כי ליכא בכור אין חוזרין אצל גדול אלמה תני אביי קשישא מצוה בגדול לייבם לא רצה הולכים אצל אחיו הקטן לא רצה חוזרין אצל גדול

But perhaps<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and say'. ');">⁴¹</span> [the text speaks of a case] where the younger died, and the All Merciful says that the firstborn shall perform the duty of the levirate marriage? — Surely, the All Merciful has excluded the wife of his brother who was not his contemporary!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were it as suggested this exclusion would be unnecessary. Cf. supra p. 145, nn. 6 and 13. ');">⁴²</span> May it be suggested that where there is no firstborn the younger brother, if he forestalled [the <i>Beth din</i>],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Married before the Beth din could prevent him. ');">⁴³</span>

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