Commentary for Yevamot 54:8

איתיביה ר' יוסי בר חנינא לרבי יוחנן ארבעה אחין ב' מהם נשואים ב' אחיות ומתו הנשואין את האחיות הרי אלו חולצות ולא מתייבמות ואמאי ליקו חד מינייהו לחלוץ לה לשנייה ותיהוי ראשונה לגבי אידך כיבמה שהותרה ונאסרה וחזרה והותרה תחזור להיתירה הראשון

cannot be applied at the time of her coming under the obligation of the levirate marriage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in this case where she was forbidden to the levir, as 'the sister of his zekukah', at the time she came under the obligation of the levirate marriage through her husband's death. ');">²⁶</span> is, indeed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'behold'. ');">²⁷</span> like the wife of a brother who has children and is, consequently, forbidden. But does not Rab hold the same view?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That had been advanced by R. Johanan. ');">²⁸</span> Surely Rab said: Any woman to whom the injunction, Her husband's brother should go in unto her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5. ');">²⁵</span> cannot be applied at the time of her coming under the obligation of the levirate marriage is, indeed, like the wife of a brother who has children and is, consequently, forbidden!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 30a, 111b. ');">²⁹</span>

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