Commentary for Ketubot 153:9

וחכ"א מקבלת היא על כרחה חוץ ממוכה שחין מפני שממקתו מעשה בצידון בבורסי אחד שמת והיה לו אח בורסי אמרו חכמים יכולה היא שתאמר לאחיך הייתי יכולה לקבל ולך איני יכולה לקבל:

The Sages say: she must accept [such a person] against her will, the only exception being a man afflicted with boils, because she [by her intercourse] will enervate him. It once happened at Sidon that a tanner died, and he had a brother who was also a tanner. The Sages said: she may say, “I was able to accept your brother but I cannot accept you.”

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