Audio by Dr. Michael Sokolow

If two of three brothers were married to two sisters and when one of the sisters husbands died, the unmarried brother addressed to her a Maamar, and the third was unmarried, and then his second brother died, Beth Shammai say: his wife [remains] with him while the other is exempt as being his wife`s sister. Beth Hillel, however, maintain that he must dismiss his wife by a letter of divorce and by halizah, and his brother`s wife by halizah. This is the case in regard to which it was said: woe to him because of his wife, and woe to him because of his brother`s wife.  יבמות 3.5
שלושה אחים, שניים מהן נשואים לשתי אחיות, ואחד מופנה, מת אחד מבעלי אחיות, ועשה בה המופנה מאמר, ואחר כך מת אחיו השני-- בית שמאי אומרין, אשתו עימו, והלז תצא משום אחות אישה; בית הלל אומרין, מוציא את אשתו בגט וחליצה, ואשת אחיו בחליצה׃ זו היא שאמרו, אי לו על אשתו, ואי לו על אשת אחיו
If two of three brothers were married to two sisters and the third was married to a stranger, and one of the sisters` husbands died and the brother who was married to the stranger married his wife and then died himself, the first is exempt as being a wife`s sister, and the second is exempt as being her rival. If, however, he had only addressed to her a Maamar and died, the stranger is to perform the halizah but may not contract the Levirate marriage. 
If two of three brothers were married to two sisters and the third was married to a stranger, and when the brother who was married to the stranger died, one of the sisters` husbands married his wife and then died himself, the first is exempt in that she is his wife`s sister, and the other is exempt as her rival. If, however, he had only addressed to her a Maamar and died, the stranger must perform halizah but may not be taken in Levirate marriage.
 יבמות 3.6
שלושה אחים, שניים מהן נשואים לשתי אחיות, ואחד נשוי נוכרית, מת אחד מבעלי אחיות, וכנס הנשוי נוכרית את אשתו, ומת-- השנייה יוצאה משום אחות אישה, והראשונה משום צרתה׃ עשה בה מאמר, ומת-- נוכרית חולצת, ולא מתייבמת׃ 
שלושה אחים, שניים מהן נשואים לשתי אחיות, ואחד נשוי נוכרית, מת הנשוי נוכרית, וכנס אחד מבעלי אחיות את אשתו, ומת-- הראשונה יוצא משום אחות אישה, ושנייה משום צרתה׃ עשה בה מאמר, ומת-- נוכרית חולצת, ולא מתייבמת

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