Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 174:5

ונעשה מתים כחיים לענין תרומה מק"ו ומה במקום שלא עשה ולד מן הראשון כולד מן השני לפוטרה מן הייבום עשה מתים כחיים מקום שעשה ולד מן הראשון כולד מן השני לפוסלה מן התרומה אינו דין שנעשה מתים כחיים ת"ל (ויקרא כב, יג) וזרע אין לה והא אין לה

where the child of the first husband is not regarded as the son of the second, in respect of exempting the woman from the levirate marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 589, n. 12. ');">¹³</span> It was expressly stated, <i>Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. III, 17. Were a woman, whose child died after its father, to be subjected to the obligations of the levirate marriage, the peace and the pleasantness of family life might be disturbed where the woman, for instance, happened to have married after the death of her husband and the child died subsequently. ');">¹⁴</span> Then let the dead be given<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra note 3. ');">¹⁵</span>

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