Commentary for Yevamot 52:4

אי הכי קמייתא נמי

and that the <i>halizah</i> is of an impaired character,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each brother may only participate in halizah with the widow but may not, as she is the sister of his haluzah (v. Glos.). marry her. Such a halizah is not of the same validity as one which is the alternative of a permitted levirate marriage. ');">⁶</span> and that as an impaired <i>halizah</i> it must go the round of all the brothers;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levirate bond between the widow and the other brothers cannot be dissolved by such a halizah with one of them. [Me'iri seems to have had a shorter and smoother text:&nbsp;… that a levirate bond exists and that an impaired halizah must go the round of all the brothers'.] ');">⁷</span>

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