Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 35:2

ה"ה דאפי' באמה ואיידי דתנא רישא אשתו שמתה מותר באחותה דוקא באחותה אבל באמה לא דהויא לה איסורא דאורייתא תנא נמי סיפא מותר באחותה

May it be suggested that the following supports his view: 'If his deceased brother's wife died, the Ievir is permitted to marry her sister', which implies her sister Only but not her mother?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because she is presumably regarded as his mother-in-law. ');">³</span> — The same law may apply even to her mother; but because he taught in the earlier clause, 'if his wife died he is permitted to marry her sister', in which case her sister only is permitted and not her mother, the latter being forbidden Biblically, he also taught in the latter clause, 'he is permitted to marry her sister'. R. Huna b. Hiyya raised an objection: IF HE ADDRESSED THE MA'AMAR TO HER AND DIED, THE SECOND MUST PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i> BUT MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 17a, q.v. for notes. ');">⁴</span>

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