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Mishnah: In the case of 3 brothers, two of whom were married to two sisters and one who was married to an unrelated woman, the following occurred: The husband of one of the sisters died childless, and the brother who was married to the unrelated woman married, i.e., performed levirate marriage wi
Talmud: The Talmud deduces the following halakha from the second clause of the Mishnah: The reason that the Mishnah requires ḥalitza is specifically because he, the brother who was married to the unrelated woman, performed levirate betrothal with the sister. Consequently, had he not performed levi
Mishnah: In the case of 3 brothers, two of whom were married to two sisters and one who was married to an unrelated woman, the following occurred: He who was married to the unrelated woman died, and one of the husbands of the sisters married his wife, and then died childless as well. The first wom
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Why do I need this Mishnah as well? This principle is identical to the principle behind the ruling in the previous Mishnah, and therefore this ruling can easily be deduced from the previous ruling. Now, just as there, when his wife’s sister became rival wife of the unrelate
The Talmud answers: This Mishnah was unnecessary, and this is how the duplication occurred: The tanna taught this Mishnah at first, and with regard to that previous case saw it fitting to render her permitted, and he permitted her to the brother, for he held that if the forbidden relative joined the