Commentary for Yevamot 58:3

אלא מאי אית לך למימר מאמר דהתירא דחי דאיסורא לא דחי ה"נ מאמר אפילו למ"ד מאמר קונה קנין גמור מאמר דהתירא קני דאיסורא לא קני

and let the other levir also address a <i>ma'amar</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To one of the sisters-in-law; since such an action is not forbidden. ');">¹</span> and keep her out!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 181, n. 17, and supra n. 6. Why, then, was levirate marriage with the two sisters forbidden! ');">⁷</span> What, however, may be said in reply? That a permitted <i>ma'amar</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One addressed to a sister-in-law in a case where levirate marriage with her was permissible at the time. ');">⁸</span> does keep the rival out, while a forbidden <i>ma'amar</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When two sisters were subject to the levirate marriage before the ma'amar had been addressed. ');">⁹</span>

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