Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 47:8

אמר רבא אע"ג דבכל התורה כולה אין מקרא יוצא מידי פשוטו הכא אתאי גזרה שוה אפיקתיה מפשטיה לגמרי

You say, 'in respect of inheritance';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Taking the 'brother' who marries the widow as the subject of 'shall succeed'. (Cf. supra n. 3)' ');">¹⁹</span> perhaps it does not [mean that]. but, 'in respect of the name':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The subject of 'shall succeed' being 'the child' that will be born from the levirate union. ');">²⁰</span> [If the deceased, for Instance, was called] Joseph [the child] shall be called Joseph; If Johanan he shall be called Johanan! — Here it is stated, shall succeed in the name of his brother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 6. ');">¹⁵</span>

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