Commentary for Moed Katan 36:9
לימא מסייע ליה אין נושאין נשים במועד לא בתולות ולא אלמנות ולא מיבמין מפני ששמחה היא לו הא לארס שרי
[If] they then stood up and pronounced the 'dedication' [espousal formula] they have acquired their legal rights [to the offers]; these are [among] the matters that are [legally] acquired by word of mouth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without formal, symbolical 'delivery'. Cf. Keth. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> Might one suggest [then] the following as lending support to him [to Samuel]? 'One may take a wife during the festival [week]. whether a virgin or a widow, but not effect a levirate marriage;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5-6. V. p. 117, n. 5.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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