Commentary for Yevamot 53:11
רב אשי אמר לעולם כדקאמרת ומשום דלא אלימא זיקה לשויי לצרה כערוה
one began or did not begin: If one began with the sisters<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Participated in the halizah with one of them. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> he must not finish with the rivals,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By participating in the halizah with the rival of the second sister. Such halizah would not exempt the sister. ');"><sup>41</sup></span> for we learned, 'A man is forbidden to marry the rival of the relative of his haluzah';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Much more so the relative herself. The halizah, therefore, being defective, would have to be performed by both the second sister and her rival. ');"><sup>42</sup></span> but if he began with the rivals<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he participated in the halizah with the rival of the first sister. ');"><sup>43</sup></span>
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