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The Talmud explains: It is necessary lest you say that he has performed the mitzva God placed upon him by means of levirate marriage, and now that he has divorced her she should once again stand in relation to him with the prohibition proscribing a brother’s wife, which was her status before the mi
The Talmud asks: And say that indeed, the prohibition proscribing a brother’s wife should be in force once again. The Talmud explains: The verse states: “And he will take her to him to be his wife” (Deuteronomy 25:5), which indicates that once he has taken her, she has become like his regular wife
§ The Mishnah taught: She has the status of his wife in all respects after levirate marriage, except that the responsibility for her marriage contract is upon the property of her first husband. The Talmud inquires: What is the reason for this? It is that from Heaven they acquired a wife for him. S
The Talmud adds: And if she does not have anything from the first husband, e.g., if he owned no property, she nevertheless has a marriage contract from the second one, for the same reason that any wife is entitled to a marriage contract in the first place: So that she will not be demeaned in his eye
The Mishnah further stated that the yavam may not say to her: Here is your marriage contract, and similarly, a man may not make such a statement to his wife. Rather, all of his property is mortgaged for her marriage contract. The Talmud asks: What is the relevance of the phrase: And similarly, her