Commentary for Yevamot 58:14

וא"ר אמי (בר אהבה) הכא במאי עסקינן כגון דעבד בה מאמר וב"ש היא דאמר מאמר קונה קנין גמור

R. Akiba said: Neither when she [is waiting] for one nor for two.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ned. 74a. ');">⁴⁵</span> Now we pondered thereon: One can well understand R. Akiba, since he may hold that no levirate bond exists even in the case of one;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence a levir is never entitled to the privilege of a husband in respect of the annulment of vows. ');">⁴⁶</span> according to R. Joshua, the levirate bond may exist where there is one levir but not where there are two levirs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is not known to which of them she is really subject, the bond between them and the widow is necessarily a weak one. ');">⁴⁷</span> According to R. Eliezer, however, granted that a levirate bond exists, one can understand why, in the case of one, he may annul, but why also in the case of two?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only both together. but not one only, should be allowed to annul her vows. ');">⁴⁸</span>

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