Related%20passage for Yevamot 3:6

שְׁלֹשָׁה אַחִין, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶן נְשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וְאֶחָד נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, מֵת אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי אֲחָיוֹת, וְכָנַס נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וָמֵת, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה יוֹצְאָה מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, וּשְׁנִיָּה מִשּׁוּם צָרָתָהּ. עָשָׂה בָהּ מַאֲמָר, וָמֵת, נָכְרִית חוֹלֶצֶת וְלֹא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת. שְׁלֹשָׁה אַחִים, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וְאֶחָד נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, מֵת הַנָּשׂוּי נָכְרִית, וְכָנַס אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי אֲחָיוֹת אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וָמֵת, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה יוֹצְאָה מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, וּשְׁנִיָּה מִשּׁוּם צָרָתָהּ. עָשָׂה בָהּ מַאֲמָר, וָמֵת, נָכְרִית חוֹלֶצֶת וְלֹא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת:

If there were three brothers, two of them married to two sisters, and one of them married to a stranger [i.e., kin to neither of the wives] — if one of the sisters' husbands died, and the one married to the stranger took his wife (in yibum) and then died, the first (the one taken in yibum) goes out by reason of "his sister's wife," and the second (the stranger) by reason of being her tzarah. If he made a ma'amar in her and he died, the "stranger" receives chalitzah and is not taken in yibum. [The same applies even if he did not make a ma'amar in her and he died — the "stranger" receives chalitzah, but not yibum, being the tzarah of the sister of his wife by linkage. "If he made a ma'amar" was stated in exception to the ruling of Beth Shammai, who say that ma'amar constitutes bona fide betrothal, so that even chalitzah is not required. We are hereby apprised that chalitzah is required.] If there were three brothers, two of them married to two sisters, and one of them married to a stranger — if the one married to a stranger died, and one of those married to the sisters took the "stranger" in yibum and he died, the first goes out by reason of "the sister of his wife," and the second by reason of being her tzarah. If he made a ma'amar in her and he died, the "stranger" receives chalitzah and is not taken in yibum.

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