Commentary for Yevamot 11:6

מִי שֶׁלֹּא שָׁהֲתָה אַחַר בַּעְלָה שְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים וְנִשֵּׂאת, וְיָלְדָה, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אִם בֶּן תִּשְׁעָה לָרִאשׁוֹן אִם בֶּן שִׁבְעָה לָאַחֲרוֹן. הָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים מִן הָרִאשׁוֹן וּבָנִים מִן הַשֵּׁנִי, חוֹלְצִין וְלֹא מְיַבְּמִין. וְכֵן הוּא לָהֶם, חוֹלֵץ וְלֹא מְיַבֵּם. הָיוּ לוֹ אַחִים מִן הָרִאשׁוֹן וְאַחִים מִן הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁלֹּא מֵאוֹתָהּ הָאֵם, הוּא חוֹלֵץ וּמְיַבֵּם, וְהֵם, אֶחָד חוֹלֵץ וְאֶחָד מְיַבֵּם:

If one did not wait three months after her husband (died), and she remarried and bore a son, and it is not known whether he is a nine-month birth to the first husband, or a seven-month birth to the second — If she had sons from the first and sons from the second, they give chalitzah, but do not take in yibum [the wife of the doubtful son. One of the sons of the first gives chalitzah on the possibility that he is their father's son; but they do not take in yibum, it being possible that he is the son of the second, so that he is their brother from their mother, but not from their father, in which instance his wife is kareth-interdicted to them. And, likewise, with the sons of the second.] And he, likewise, with them. He gives chalitzah [to their wives], but he does not take in yibum. If he had brothers from the first and brothers from the second, not from the same mother, he either gives chalitzah [to the wife of the son of the first] or takes her in yibum. If he is his brother, all well and good; if not, she is a stranger to him. (This, when there is no other brother but him, where there is no possibility of "a yevamah to the marketplace.") And the same applies to the wife of the son of the second.] And they — one gives chalitzah and the other takes in yibum. [Either the son of the first or the son of the second gives chalitzah, and the other takes in yibum. If she is his yevamah, all well and good; if not, she is a stranger to him. And there is no problem of "a yevamah to the marketplace," for her yavam has given her chalitzah.]

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