Commentary for Yevamot 54:6

ורבי יוחנן אמר מתה שנייה מותר בראשונה אבל מתה ראשונה אסור בשנייה מ"ט שכל יבמה שאין אני קורא בה בשעת נפילה יבמה יבא עליה הרי זו כאשת אח שיש לה בנים ואסורה

since, as a sister-in-law who was permitted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the levir. At the time she became subject to him there was no other zekukah. ');">²⁰</span> then forbidden<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When her sister's husband died. ');">²¹</span> and then again permitted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When her sister died. ');">²²</span> she returns to her former state of permissibility. R. Johanan, however, said: If the second<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The widow of the brother who died after the first, and who became subject to the levirate marriage after the subjection of the first. ');">¹⁹</span> died<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before she had performed the halizah with the levir. ');">¹⁶</span>

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