Reference for Yevamot 47:4

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מצוה בגדול לייבם ואם קדם הקטן זכה:

and in the case of a doubtful <i>haluzah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As here where each brother can claim that the one he married was his yebamah. ');">¹⁰</span> the Rabbis enacted no preventive measures.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition consequently does not apply. Hence they may continue to live with the widows they had married. ');">¹¹</span> But is a <i>haluzah</i> only Rabbinically forbidden? Surely it was taught: From Put away<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 7, speaking of priests. ');">¹²</span>

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