Reference for Yevamot 174:4

ת"ל (משלי ג, יז) דרכיה דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום

the same status as the living, in respect of the levirate marriage, by inference a minori ad majus: If where a child by the first husband is regarded as the child of the second husband, in respect of disqualifying the woman from the eating of <i>terumah</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 589, n. 14. ');">¹⁰</span> the dead were not given the same status as the living,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 590, n. 2. ');">¹¹</span> how much less should the dead be given the same status as the living<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And consequently not exempt his mother from the levirate marriage. ');">¹²</span>

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