Commentary for Yevamot 59:8

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב יהודה אמר רב כל יבמה שאין אני קורא בה בשעת נפילה (דברים כה, ה) יבמה יבא עליה הרי היא כאשת אח שיש לה בנים ואסורה מאי קמ"ל תנינא הרי זו אסורה עליו עולמית הואיל ונאסרה עליו שעה אחת

cannot be applied at the time she becomes subject to the levirate marriage, is indeed like the wife of a brother who has children, and is consequently forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even later when the cause of the prohibition is removed. Cf. our Mishnah. ');">³²</span> What new thing does he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab. ');">³³</span> teach us? Surely we have learned, SHE IS FORBIDDEN TO HIM FOR ALL TIME SINCE SHE WAS FORBIDDEN TO HIM FOR ONE MOMENT! — It might have been assumed that this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The law in our Mishnah. ');">³⁴</span> applies only to the case where she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The widow of the first brother. ');">³⁵</span> was not suitable for him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The brother who was married to the second sister. ');">³⁶</span>

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