Reference for Yevamot 236:15

אמר ליה תנינא וחוששין לדבריה וחולצת ולא מתייבמת

HOUSE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to marry him, which she is forbidden to do during the lifetime of her sister. ');">³⁶</span> A MAN ALSO IS NOT BELIEVED WHEN HE ASSERTS 'MY BROTHER IS DEAD', SO THAT HE MAY CONTRACT LEVIR' ATE MARRIAGE WITH HIS WIFE, NOR [WHEN HE ASSERTS THAT] HIS WIFE IS DEAD, IN ORDER THAT HE MAY MARRY HER SISTER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra note 2 mutatis mutandis. ');">³⁷</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Raba enquired of R. Nahman: What [is the legal position] if a husband transferred to his wife [through an agent]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom the childless husband had asked to act on behalf of his wife, his intention being to spare her from the levirate obligations on his death. Elsewhere a divorce is invalid unless it had actually been delivered into the woman's hands or into those of an agent who was duly appointed by her. ');">³⁸</span>

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