Commentary for Kiddushin 18:19

אם כן נכתוב קרא או בעלה מאי ובעלה שמע מינה כולהו

For I might have thought, it may be inferred a minori from a yebamah: if a yebamah, who cannot be acquired by money, is acquired by cohabitation; this one [Hebrew bondmaid] who can be acquired by money, may surely be acquired by cohabitation. [No.] As for a yebamah, that is because she is already tied!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the yabam, v. Deut. XXV, 5.');">²²</span>

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