Halakhah for Yevamot 39:6

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כלל אמרו ביבמה כל שהיא איסור ערוה לא חולצת ולא מתייבמת איסור מצוה ואיסור קדושה חולצת ולא מתייבמת

is a prohibition which may be lifted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the brother died without issue. When the first brother died childless the prohibition of 'brother's wife' was removed and thus the widow was permitted to the second brother. Her connection with the first thus having come to an end, the third brother, as her legitimate levir through the second brother, may consequently marry her. ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A GENERAL RULE HAS BEEN LAID DOWN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'they said'. ');">¹⁵</span> IN RESPECT OF THE DECEASED BROTHER'S WIFE:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose husband died without issue. ');">¹⁶</span>

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