Commentary for Yevamot 59:3

<big><strong>מתני'</strong></big> שלשה אחים שנים מהם נשואים שתי אחיות ואחד נשוי נכרית מת הנשוי נכרית וכנס אחד מבעלי אחיות את אשתו ומת הראשונה יוצאת משום אחות אשה ושניה משום צרתה עשה בה מאמר ומת נכרית חולצת ולא מתייבמת:

This proves, said R. Nahman, that no levirate bond exists<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the widow of the deceased brother and the levirs. ');">⁸</span> even in the case of one brother.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As here, where only one brother could possibly marry her, she being forbidden to the other as his wife's sister. Even in such a case the mere subjection of the widow to the levir (to be taken in levirate marriage or to perform the halizah) does not constitute a levirate bond to attach her to him as if she had been his actual wife. ');">⁹</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF TWO OF THREE BROTHERS WERE MARRIED TO TWO SISTERS AND THE THIRD WAS MARRIED TO A STRANGER, AND WHEN THE BROTHER WHO WAS MARRIED TO THE STRANGER DIED, ONE OF THE SISTERS' HUSBANDS MARRIED HIS WIFE AND THEN DIED HIMSELF, THE FIRST<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wife of the second deceased brother. ');">¹⁰</span> IS EXEMPT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From marriage and halizah with the surviving brother. ');">¹¹</span> IN THAT SHE IS HIS WIFE'S SISTER, AND THE OTHER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The stranger. whom the second deceased brother had taken in levirate marriage. ');">¹²</span>

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