Commentary for Yevamot 100:7

אמור רבנן גט ביבמה מהני משום דמהני בעלמא דאי אמרת לא מהני אמרי גט להוציאה וחליצה להוציאה ומדגט לא מהני חליצה נמי לא מהני ואתי למיבעל אחר חליצה

SOMETHING VALID<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the levirate bond. ');">²³</span> STILL REMAINS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, in the first case (v. supra n. 7), the relatives of the last widow are forbidden to him, and in the second case (v. supra n. 8), halizah is required, since the levirate bond cannot be severed by a letter of divorce. ');">²⁴</span> R. NEHEMIAH SAID: WITH COHABITATION AS WITH <i>HALIZAH</i>, WHETHER IT TOOK PLACE IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE, OR AT THE END, THERE IS NO VALIDITY IN ANY ACT THAT FOLLOWS IT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After cohabitation a letter of divorce without halizah is enough, and betrothal of the other after cohabitation with the first is invalid. ');">²⁵</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Their difference<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of R. Gamaliel and the Sages in our Mishnah. ');">²⁶</span>

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