Commentary for Yevamot 4:4
כְּנָסָהּ, הֲרֵי הִיא כְאִשְׁתּוֹ לְכָל דָּבָר, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁתְּהֵא כְתֻבָּתָהּ עַל נִכְסֵי בַעְלָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן:
If he took her (i.e., cohabited with her), she (the yevamah) is like his wife in all respects. [He divorces her with a get and does not require chalitzah, and he can take her back if he wishes, and she does not become forbidden to him.] — only that her kethubah be (bound) to the property of her first husband, [that the land of her first husband be security for her kethubah. And if she lacks a kethubah from her first husband, the yavam writes her a kethubah of a hundred only against his property.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot
כאשתו לכל דבר – that he divorces her with a Jewish bill of divorce and she does not require Halitzah and he restores her when he desires, and is not forbidden to her.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Yevamot
Introduction
This mishnah is the final clause of yesterday’s mishnah, which discusses the shomeret yavam.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot
על נכסי בעלה הראשון – that the landed property of her first husband will be responsible and vouched on her Ketubah, and if she lacks a Ketubah from her first husband, the levir writes her a Ketubah on his property which is only a Maneh.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Yevamot
If he married her she is his wife in every respect save that her ketubah remains a debt on her first husband’s estate. When the yavam has yibbum with the shomeret yavam, she becomes his wife in every respect. If he wishes to divorce her he must give her a get and she doesn’t require halitzah. He can remarry her after divorcing her (provided she doesn’t remarry in between) and she is not forbidden as “his brother’s wife”. When she dies he inherits her. The only difference between her and a regular wife is that if he dies or divorces her, the ketubah is paid from the estate of the first husband. In any case, the rabbis declared that if the dead brother died penniless, the yavam must pay for her ketubah.
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