Commentary for Yevamot 59:11

מהו דתימא התם הוא דאידחי לה מהאי ביתא לגמרי אבל הכא דלא אידחי לה מהאי ביתא לגמרי אימא מיגו דחזיא להאי נשוי נכרית חזיא נמי להאי קמ"ל:

but here, where she was not entirely forced out of that house,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since she was still under the obligation of marrying the third brother who was married to the stranger. ');">⁴⁵</span> it might have been said that as she is suitable for the brother who married the stranger she is also<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thanks to the levirate bond with a member of her deceased husband's family. ');">⁴⁶</span> suitable for the other brother,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who was the husband of her sister, now that the latter is dead. ');">⁴⁷</span> hence he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rah. ');">⁴¹</span> taught us [that she was not].

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