Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 109:15

ואימא אשת אח מן האם כאשת אח מן האב מה אשת אח מן האב לאחר מיתת בעלה שריא אף אשת אח מן האם לאחר מיתת בעלה שריא אמר קרא היא בהוייתה תהא

He hath uncovered his brother's nakedness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XX, 21, to indicate that the prohibition is to apply to all cases whether that of a paternal or only that of a maternal brother. ');">³²</span> But might it be said that the wife of a maternal brother is like the wife of a paternal brother, and that as the wife of a paternal brother is permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry the levir if her husband died without issue. ');">³³</span> after the death of her husband, so is also the wife of a maternal brother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who died childless. ');">³⁴</span>

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