Commentary for Yevamot 55:9

ואמאי ליקו חתן לייבם הך דאינה חמותו ברישא ותהוי חמותו לגבי אידך כיבמה שהותרה ונאסרה וחזרה והותרה תחזור להיתרה הראשון

at least, one can understand [the reason].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why the woman must be dismissed. ');">²²</span> since he can be told, 'Who permitted her to you'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the marital bond between him and her sister was severed she was forbidden to him as the sister of his zekukah. Hence he must rightly dismiss her. ');">²³</span> In the case, however, of the second,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Levir (v. BaH) who married after his brother had married one of the widows. Cur. edd. [H] for [H]. ');">²⁴</span>

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