Commentary for Yevamot 58:6

אלא יבמה דחזיא לכולהו חזיא למקצתה יבמה דלא חזיא לכולהו לא חזיא למקצתה

Said R. Abin: We also have learned the same thing: Beth Shammai said, 'they may retain them',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p, 182, n. 1. ');">¹⁶</span> which implies that they may only retain them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p, 182, n. 1. ');">¹⁶</span> but [that they may] not [marry them] at the outset.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 182, n. 3. ');">¹⁷</span> Now, if it could have been assumed that a ma amar, according to Beth Shammai, keeps a rival out completely. let the one levir address a <i>ma'amar</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra p. 182, n. 4. ');">¹⁸</span>

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