Commentary for Yevamot 55:11

ר"א אומר בש"א וכו': תניא ר"א אומר ב"ש אומרים יקיימו ובה"א יוציאו רש"א יקיימו אבא שאול אומר קל היה להם לב"ה בדבר זה שבית שמאי אומרים יוציאו ובה"א יקיימו

and I take the first '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who became permitted to him owing to the previous marriage of her sister who, he claims, was the second widow. The marriage of the second severs the marital bond between the sister and the levirs, and thus liberates the first from the prohibition of 'the sister of one's zekukah' and brings her under the category of 'permitted, forbidden and permitted again'. ');">²⁸</span> This, then,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since this last suggested answer is also untenable. ');">²⁹</span> is the reason why he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Johanan, supra 27b. ');">³⁰</span>

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