Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 39:4

ולר' שמעון דאמר הואיל ובא ומצאה בהיתר ולא עמדה עליו שעה אחת באיסור אלא מעתה אחותו מאמו שנשאה אחיו מאביו ואחר כך נולד אח ומת תתייבם הואיל ובא ומצאה בהיתר

According to R. Simeon, however, who stated, 'Because when he was born he found her permitted, and she was never forbidden to him even for one moment',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 19b, q.v. for notes. ');">⁸</span> a brother, if this reason is tenable,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'but from now'. ');">⁹</span> should be allowed to take in levirate marriage his maternal sister whom his paternal brother had married prior to his birth, dying subsequently, since, when he was born, he found her permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he was born she was already his 'brother's wife'. ');">¹⁰</span>

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