Commentary for Yevamot 105:9

גט לזו וגט לזו כו': לימא מסייע ליה לרבה בר רב הונא דאמר רבה בר רב הונא חליצה פסולה צריכה לחזר על כל האחין מאי צריכות צריכות דעלמא:

'NO ACT IS VALID AFTER cohabitation'. But our Tanna?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why did he omit the mention of cohabitation? ');">²⁰</span> — [The statement regarding] the permissibility of the sister-in-law to marry anyone<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the permissibility though halizah. ');">²¹</span> was preferred by him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence halizah only was mentioned. After cohabitation the sister in-law is permitted to one man (the levir) only. As the Tanna preferred the case of halizah to that of cohabitation and as the invalidity of any acts after cohabitation may be inferred from the invalidity of those after halizah, the Tanna did not consider it necessary to mention cohabitation at all. ');">²²</span>

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