Commentary for Yevamot 56:24

היתה אחת מהן כו': הא תו למה לי היינו הך

who is forbidden to the one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To Issachar, because he was born before the marriage of Levi had removed the levirate bond between Reuben's widow and the other brothers, and thus came under the prohibition of marrying 'the wife of his brother who was not his contemporary'. ');">³⁹</span> is permitted to the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To Zebulun who was born after she had married Levi and the levirate bond between her and the other brothers had been removed. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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