Commentary for Yevamot 56:11

ורב יהודה מתרגם מחמותו ואילך אבל שיתא בבי דרישא לא

THIS IS THE CASE CONCERNING WHICH IT HAS BEEN SAID etc. What is the expression, THIS IS intended to exclude?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' THIS IS implies this and no other. ');">¹⁷</span> -To exclude the case [where one sister was forbidden by] Virtue of a commandment to the one [brother]. and [the other sister was forbidden] by virtue of a commandment to the other. But what need was there for this [additional statement]? Surely it is precisely identical [with that mentioned before];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In our Mishnah: [IF ONE SISTER] WAS FORBIDDEN BY VIRTUE OF A COMMANDMENT … SHE MUST PERFORM THE HALIZAH AND MAY NOT BE TAKEN IN LEVIRATE MARRIAGE. ');">¹⁸</span>

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