Commentary for Yevamot 72:7

אמר רבא ר' מאיר ור' אליעזר אמרו דבר אחד רבי אליעזר הא דאמרן

R. Eliezer, in the ruling just mentioned, R. Meir [in the following Baraitha] wherein it was taught: A man shall not marry the pregnant, or nursing wife of another;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though she is now a widow or divorced. ');">¹⁹</span> and if he married, he must put her out and never remarry her; so R. Meir. But the Sages said: He shall let her go.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra for meaning. ');">²⁰</span> and at the proper time<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and when his time to marry arrives', i.e. at the end of the period of twenty-four months allowed for the nursing of a child. ');">²¹</span>

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