Commentary for Yevamot 56:22

היתה אחת מהן אסורה עליו איסור ערוה אסור בה ומותר באחותה איסור מצוה או איסור קדושה חולצות ולא מתייבמות:

is possible in the case of six brothers in accordance with the view of R. Simeon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who in certain circumstances permits the marriage of the 'widow of a brother who was not his contemporary'. V. supra 18b. ');">³⁵</span> And your mnemonic is, 'died, born, and performed the levirate marriage; died, born, and performed the levirate marriage'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. infra, when (a) death, (b) birth and (c) marriage occurred in this order in the case of both groups of brothers. ');">³⁶</span>

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