Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Midrash for Yevamot 26:14

לאפוקי דרבי יוחנן בן נורי דאמר בואו ונתקן להם לצרות שיהו חולצות ולא מתייבמות קמ"ל דבית הלל מכשירים:

afterwards, since the prohibition of marrying a wife's sister<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which arose later. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> could not come and take effect on the prohibition of marrying a brother's wife;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As legally the widow is only 'his brother's wife' but not 'his wife's sister', her rivals may justly be regarded as strangers who are permitted. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> where, however, the surviving brother had married first<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And his wife's sister has in consequence become forbidden to him. ');"><sup>41</sup></span>

Sifrei Devarim

(Devarim, Ibid.) "Do not lacerate yourselves" (lo tithgodedu): Do not form opposing factions (agudoth, agudoth), but all of you consolidate into one bond, as in (Amos 9:6) "and He founded His bond (agudah) upon the earth."
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