Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 71:5

אמר לך ר"ל הכי קתני הכונס יבמתו ונמצאת מעוברת הרי זו לא תנשא צרתה שמא לא יהא הולד בן קיימא וחליצת מעוברת לא שמה חליצה וביאת מעוברת לא שמה ביאה

until she has ascertained whether her rival<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who went together with her husband. ');">¹²</span> is pregnant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 119a. Only if she learns that her rival is not pregnant may she contract the levirate marriage. ');">¹³</span> One can well understand why she may not be taken in levirate marriage, since it is possible that the child<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That might be born from the rival. ');">¹⁴</span>

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