Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 188:12

אמר ליה נהי דמיעטה קרא משרפה מאיסורא מי מיעטה קרא

since R. Akiba was heard to state: [The marriage of] a man's mother-in.law after the death [of his wife] is not punishable by burning!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And is presumably permitted. ');">³⁹</span> For it was taught: They shall be burnt with fire. both he and they,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XX. 14, speaking of a man who take with his wife also her mother (ibid.). ');">⁴⁰</span> he and one of them;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The one whom the man was forbidden to marry, viz., the woman he married last. ');">⁴¹</span> so R. Ishmael. R. Akiba said: He and both of them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sanh. 76b. ');">⁴²</span>

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