Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 109:13

אי נמי אין לה בנים אין יש לה בנים לא ולאו הבא מכלל עשה עשה

Is it not possible that she who has no children is forbidden to all men but permitted to the levir while she who has children is permitted both to all men and to the levir! Or else: If she has no children it is a commandment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the levir marries her. ');">²⁶</span> but if she has children it is optional! Or else: [Though indeed] the levir may marry her if<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.,'yes'. ');">²⁷</span> she has no children but he may not if she has children, yet [as the prohibition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to marry a wife of a deceased brother if she has children. ');">²⁸</span>

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