Related%20passage for Yevamot 60:9

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ואילו בגרושין ספק קרוב לו ספק קרוב לה לא קתני מאי

for then, THIS IS would exclude the case of one who died without first divorcing his wife;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And without marrying the stranger who would, nevertheless, be forbidden to the surviving third brother on account of the levirate bond. ');">¹⁹</span> if, however, he holds the same view as R. Nahman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That no levirate bond exists. ');">²⁰</span> what would THIS IS exclude?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In view of the fact that levirate marriage is permitted in all cases except one, where the second brother took the stranger in levirate marriage and did not divorce his wife, a case which was explicitly stated and required no expression like THIS IS to exclude it. ');">²¹</span>

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