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3:11:1

משנה: שְׁנֵי אַחִין נְשׂוּאִין לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת וּמֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן וְאַחַר כָּךְ מֵתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁלַּשֵּׁנִי הֲרֵי זוֹ אֲסוּרָה עָלָיו עוֹלָמִית הוֹאִיל וְנֶאֶסְרָה עָלָיו שָׁעָה אַחַת.

MISHNAH: Two brothers are married to two sisters. If one of them died and then the wife of the other died, she150The wife of the first brother who had died childless. Since at the time of death of the first the wife of the second was alive, there could not have been any levirate. If levirate is forbidden at the time of death of the husband, it is permanently forbidden (since in Deut. 25:5 both the death of one and the marriage of the other are mentioned.) is eternally forbidden to him since she was forbidden one moment.

MISHNAH: Two brothers are married to two sisters. If one of them died and then the wife of the other died, she150The wife of the first brother who had died childless. Since at the time of death of the first the wife of the second was alive, there could not have been any levirate. If levirate is forbidden at the time of death of the husband, it is permanently forbidden (since in Deut. 25:5 both the death of one and the marriage of the other are mentioned.) is eternally forbidden to him since she was forbidden one moment.

3:11:2

הלכה: שְׁנֵי אַחִין נְשׂוּאִין לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי אֲבִינָא. הָדָא הִיא דְאָמַר רִבִּי הִילָא רִבִּי יָסָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. לֹא דוֹמֶה אִיסּוּר אֲחָיוֹת יְבָמוֹת לְאִיסּוּר אֲחָיוֹת שֶׁאֵינָן יְבָמוֹת.

HALAKHAH: “Two brothers married to two sisters,” etc. Rebbi Avina said, that is what Rebbi Hila, Rebbi Yose, said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: The prohibition of sisters who are sisters-in-law does not compare with the prohibition of sisters who not are sisters-in-law112These are always permitted to the widower of the sister..

HALAKHAH: “Two brothers married to two sisters,” etc. Rebbi Avina said, that is what Rebbi Hila, Rebbi Yose, said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: The prohibition of sisters who are sisters-in-law does not compare with the prohibition of sisters who not are sisters-in-law112These are always permitted to the widower of the sister..

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  • Hebrew: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY
  • English: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY

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