Gittin 8:6-7
Gittin 8:6
There are 15 prohibited relationships who may simply remarry without yibum or chalitzah if their husbands die. If their co-wives go ahead and get married based on this exemption, and it is later discovered that the prohibited woman was congenitally infertile (meaning that the co-wife really did require yibum or chalitzah), the one who married is prohibited to both her husband and to the brother-in-law (with whom she should have performed yibum or chalitzah). All of the conditions described in mishna 8:5 apply to both men.
Gittin 8:7
Let’s say that a widow marries her brother-in-law (yibum) and her co-wife marries someone else, then it is subsequently discovered that the one who performed yibum was congenitally infertile (rendering the yibum ineffective). In such a case, the co-wife is prohibited to both her husband and to the brother-in-law (with whom she should have performed yibum or chalitzah) and all of the aforementioned conditions apply.
Grateful Thanks for the Mishna Yomit Dedication of
Rabbi Louis Leifer and Mrs. Miriam D. Leifer z"l
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