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To summarize the shiur:

4 questions:

1] What is the distinction between the widow of a king who is forbidden even to another king while his utensils [כלי תשמיש] are permitted?

2] Tosfos in Sanhedrin asks why the gemara in Ksubos doesn't answer that for the sake of a mitzva a king is allowed to forgo his honor [which would explain why Agrippas went aside for a kallah] as the gemara answers in Sanhedrin about the permissibility of doing yibum and chalitzah?

The problem is that this answer was only given according to Rebbi Yehuda but not the Rabbis so it would not be a satisfying answer in Ksubos when we are not following the opinion of R' Yehuda. So what is Tosfos asking [pray tell]?

3] According to the Ra"n a king may forgive his honor if there is either both a mitzva and he is bringing the lack of honor on himself [and not others acting without the necessary honor] or in a case where there is both a mitzva and only a small degree of disrespect. The question is - If the fact that it is a mitzva alone doesn't allow him to forgo his honor because of the rule that a king may not forgo his honor, how does the element of "himself doing it" or that is is only a small amount of disrespect change matters?

4] Question on R' Yehuda: He holds that a king may perform yibum or chalitza if he chooses to forgive his honor. This would imply that if he chooses NOT to forgive his honor then he doesn't have to perform yibum or chalitza. That means that the notion of honoring the king applies even in a case of a mitzva. If so, how is he allowed to forgive his honor - we have a rule that a king may not forgive his honor מלך שמחל על כבודו אין כבודו מחול?