Commentary for Yevamot 63:9

לא קשיא כאן שנשא חי ואח"כ נשא מת כאן שנשא מת ואח"כ נשא חי

and so he permitted it — 25 Later, however, he came to regard it as a case that was to be forbidden;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As, after all, in the case of the second brother, the levirate marriage was for a time forbidden to her. ');">²⁶</span> and, as it was dear to him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Owing to its novelty and its wider range. ');">²⁷</span> he placed it first; while our Mishnah was allowed to remain in its original form.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. — 'did not move from its place'. Though in the presence of the other Mishnah it is indeed superfluous. ');">²⁸</span>

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