Commentary for Yevamot 103:10

נהרדעי אמרי בכולהו לא מנגיד רב אלא למקדש בביאה ובלא שדוכי ואיכא דאמרי אפילו בשדוכי נמי משום פריצותא

Our Rabbis taught: How is betrothal effected with a ma'amar? — If he gave her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir to the sister-in-law. ');">²⁶</span> some money or anything of value.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And addressed to her the ma'amar in the prescribed form: 'Be thou betrothed unto me by this levirate ma'amar. Though betrothal with money in the case of an ordinary union constitutes perfect kinyan, in the case of betrothal by a levir (to whom a sister-in-law is ordinarily forbidden, and betrothal with whom is consequently invalid) betrothal alone, even when it concerns a levirate union, is not sufficient to constitute a kinyan until consummation of the marriage has taken place. ');">²⁷</span> And how is it effected by a deed? — 'How is it effected by a deed'? Surely as has been stated:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of any other betrothal that is effected by means of a deed. ');">²⁸</span>

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