Commentary for Yevamot 58:8

אילימא ליורשה וליטמא לה ולהפר נדריה השתא ארוסה בעלמא תני ר' חייא אשתו ארוסה לא אונן ולא מטמא לה וכן היא לא אוננת ולא מטמאת לו מתה אינו יורשה מת הוא גובה כתובתה עבד בה מאמר מיבעיא

— The fact is, a yebamah who is eligible for all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For both levirate marriage and halizah, as in the case of our Mishnah where the ma'amar was addressed to one sister before the death of the husband of the other had subjected that other also to the same levir. ');">²²</span> is also eligible for a part;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the ma'amar which, in such circumstances. completely keeps out the other when she also, through her husband's subsequent death, comes under the obligation. ');">²³</span> a yebamah who is not eligible for all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the Mishnah, supra 26a, where both widows were equally subject to the levirs at the time the ma'amar had been addressed, and none was eligible for both the levirate marriage and the halizah. ');">²⁴</span> is not eligible for a part.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., for the ma'amar which, in such a case, does not keep out the sister. ');">²⁵</span>

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