Commentary for Yevamot 57:1

והא א"ר שמעון שתי אחיות לא חולצות ולא מתייבמות

But did not R. Simeon state that two sisters<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who are both subject to Ievirate marriage. ');">¹</span> are neither to perform the <i>halizah</i> nor to be taken in levirate marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Owing to the levirate bond which Pentateuchally binds both sisters to the levir. Why, then, should halizah be performed here where Pentateuchally both sisters are subject to the levirate marriage and each is, consequently, forbidden as the sister of a zekukah? ');">²</span> — This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The provision that halizah shall be performed. ');">³</span>

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