Yevamot 50B

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The above principles apply both in cases of one yevama to one yavam, as well as in cases of two yevamot to one yavam. How so? If he performed levirate betrothal with this yevama and levirate betrothal with that one, i.e., her rival wife, they require two bills of divorce, each for her own levirate

If the yavam gave a bill of divorce to this yevama and a bill of divorce to that one, they require ḥalitza from him. If he gave a bill of divorce to this one and had sex with that one, the latter requires a bill of divorce and ḥalitza. If he gave a bill of divorce to this one and performed levirat

If he performed ḥalitza with one yevama and then performed ḥalitza with a second yevama, or he performed ḥalitza with one yevama and then proceeded to either perform levirate betrothal, give a bill of divorce, or have sex with a second; alternatively, he had sex with one yevama and had sex with the

If he performed ḥalitza with one yevama and then proceeded to either perform levirate betrothal, give a bill of divorce, or have sex with a second yevama; alternatively, he had sex with one yevama and then proceeded to perform levirate betrothal, or give a bill of divorce, or perform ḥalitza with a

But with regard to sex, when it is at the beginning, i.e., the first act the yavam performed with his yevama, nothing is effective after it and any subsequent action is void. However, if it was performed in the middle, and similarly if it was performed at the end, i.e., after some other action tha