Commentary for Yevamot 106:3

אלא איידי דתנא חלץ ועשה מאמר תנא נמי בעל ועשה מאמר ואיידי דבעי למיתני בעל ונתן גט תנא נמי חלץ ונתן גט:

— Read, then, according to your own view, the final clause, IF HE COHABITED WITH HER AND THEN ADDRESSED TO HER A MA' AMAR or if he cohabited with her and then GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE. One can well understand [it might be argued here also] why it was necessary [to lay down a ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That nothing of the levirate bond remains after cohabitation and that, consequently. the divorce alone is a valid act and there is no need for halizah also. ');">⁷</span> where] the levir cohabited with her and then GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE; since it might have been assumed that provision was to be made for a divorce that followed cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By requiring halizah in addition to the divorce. ');">⁸</span> as a preventive measure against a divorce that preceded cohabitation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were halizah to be dispensed with in the former case it might erroneously be presumed that as a letter of divorce alone is valid enough in this case it is also valid in the latter case, and thus divorce might be allowed to supersede the halizah of any sister-in-law. ');">⁹</span>

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