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13 marry his brother's widow; because, there was a time when she was prohibited to him, [namely, during the life of his wife, her sister"].

IV., § 8. If the brother of one who had Chalitzah performed to him by his sister-in-law, marries her sister and dies, she is bound to perform Chalitzah but may not be married to her brother-in-law by Yeboom, but when a person had divorced his wife, and his brother marries her sister and dies, she is released both from Chalitzah and from Yeboom.

XI., § 1. A man may lawfully marry the near relatives of a woman whom he has violated or seduced, but he who has either violated or seduced the near relatives of his wife, has become guilty of incest.

XIII., § 7. When two brothers are married to two sisters who are minors and orphans, and the husband of one dies, then the widow is released from Yeboom, as the sister of the brother-in-law's wife:—When one of the sisters has attained her majority, and the other is yet a minor, should the minor's husband die she is released from Yeboom, as sister of the brother-in-law's wife. R. Eleazar says, "When the husband of the elder dies, the youngest sister must be instructed to refuse." Rabbon Gamaliel saith, "If she refuses it is well; if not, let her wait till she obtains her majority; and then her sister will be released as a wife's sister." R. Joshua saith, "Such a man deserves commisseration, on account of his own wife, and his sister-in-law, because he must part with his wife by a Get, and is bound to receive Chalitzah from his sister-in-law."

XIV., § 3. When two brothers who are deaf and dumb are married to two women who are in the same state who are sisters to each other, or to two sisters who are sound, or that one is sound and the other deaf and dumb, or two deaf and dumb sisters married to two brothers who are sound, or to two brothers who are thus afflicted, or that one of the brothers is deaf and dumb, and the other sound, then in all the mentioned cases the sisters are released from the obligation of Yeboom and Chalitzah. When the deaf and dumb females are not related to each other, the surviving brother must marry the widow by Yeboom, but may divorce them afterwards.

XV., § 10. For a woman is not entitled to full credence when she says, "My brother-in-law died," as [it is possible] she makes that assertion only [to be permitted] to marry again. Neither when she