Commentary for Yevamot 55:2

ולימא ליה גזירה שמא ימות ואסור לבטל מצות יבמין ר' יוחנן למיתה לא חייש

— It was stated, BUT MAY NOT BE TAKEN IN LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, i.e., the law of the levirate marriage is not applicable here at all.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if halizah was first performed by the second. ');">⁴</span> Let him, then, reply that it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The provision in our Mishnah that both widows must perform halizah and none of them may be taken in levirate marriage. ');">⁵</span> was a preventive measure in case he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One of the surviving brothers who intended to marry one of the widowed sisters. ');">⁶</span>

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