Commentary for Yevamot 54:4

אמר רב הונא אמר רב ב' אחיות יבמות שנפלו לפני יבם אחד חלץ לראשונה הותרה חלץ לשנייה הותרה

said in the name of Rab: If two sisters who were sisters-in-law became subject to one levir, the one is permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry any stranger. ');">¹²</span> when he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir. ');">¹³</span> has participated in her <i>halizah</i>; and the other is permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry any stranger. ');">¹⁴</span> when he has participated in her <i>halizah</i>. If the first<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Widow; the one whose husband died first, and who became subject to the levirate marriage before the other. ');">¹⁵</span> died<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before she had performed the halizah with the levir. ');">¹⁶</span>

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