Commentary for Yevamot 55:4

ונימא להו דנפול בבת אחת ורבי יוסי הגלילי היא דאמר אפשר לצמצם לא סתם לן תנא כר' יוסי הגלילי

Then let him 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> is the ruling of R. Eleazar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' BaH a.l. reads, 'Eliezer' throughout the context. ');">¹⁰</span> who said that so long as she remained forbidden to him for one moment she is forbidden to him for ever!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 1092; while R. Johanan, agreeing with the Rabbis, may disregard this individual opinion. ');">¹¹</span>

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