Levirate marriage (yibbum)
Marriage between a widow whose husband died childless (the yevamah) and the brother of the deceased (the yavam or levir).
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Jewish Women's Archive. "Levirate marriage (yibbum)." (Viewed on May 19, 2013) <http://jwa.org/taxonomy/term/349/all/feed>.