Commentary for Yevamot 53:5

מאי שנא לאחיות דלא נפטרו צרות דהויא לו אחות אשה בזיקה חלץ לצרות נמי לא ליפטרו אחיות דהויא להו צרות אחות אשה בזיקה קסבר שמואל אין זיקה

If he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir. ');">¹⁷</span> participated in the <i>halizah</i> with the one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of two sisters-in-law, widows of the same brother. ');">¹⁸</span> who had been divorced,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the levir prior to the halizah. ');">¹⁹</span> her rival is not thereby exempt;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A halizah after a divorce is defective, since the levirate bond had already been partially severed by the divorce that preceded it. ');">²⁰</span>

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