Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 35:11

דתנן ר"ג אומר אם מאנה מאנה ואם לא מאנה תמתין עד שתגדיל ותצא הלזו משום אחות אשה

and one brother could marry the one while the other could marry the other! — The fact is that [R. Meir maintains that] no levirate bond exists; [but the levirate marriage is nevertheless forbidden] because he is of the opinion that it is forbidden to annul the precept of levirate marriages, it being possible that while one of the brothers married [one of the widowed sisters] the other brother would die,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And be prevented from marrying the other widow. ');">²⁴</span> and thus the precept of levirate marriages would be annulled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the surviving brother would not be able to marry (or to participate in the halizah of) the second widow who is now his wife's sister. ');">²⁵</span> If, however, no Ievirate bond exists, let [also the precept of the levirate marriage] be annulled! For R. Gamaliel who holds that no levirate bond exists<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 51a. ');">²⁶</span>

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