Yevamot 9B

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This is a case concerning which R' Shimon and the Rabbis disagree, and yet it is taught. If this halakha is taught, evidently this Mishnah does deal with matters subject to dispute. The Talmud answers that R' Shimon does not disagree with the Rabbis concerning all cases of a wife of a brother with

Furthermore, in a case where he was born and at the end, i.e., afterward, a second older brother entered into levirate marriage with the yevama and subsequently died as well, and the same woman again came before that same younger brother, R' Shimon did not disagree with the opinion of the Rabbis he

In fact, R' Shimon disagreed only with regard to a different case, when there were two brothers, one of whom died, and the second took the yevama in levirate marriage. If a third brother was subsequently born and afterward the second brother died, R' Shimon maintains that the youngest brother may en

The Talmud rejects this suggestion: This statement of R' Oshaya was conclusively refuted. Consequently, it remains possible to say that the Mishnah does not deal with disputes. The Talmud raises a difficulty from another angle. The third chapter discusses a case involving 4 brothers, two of whom pa

With this in mind, the Talmud states its objection: And didn’t Rav Yehuda say that Rav said, and likewise R' Ḥiyya taught in a baraita: With regard to all of those 15 women enumerated in the Mishnah, it is possible to find a scenario in which I would call them: The woman who is forbidden to this bro