Commentary for Yevamot 106:4

בזמן שהיא וכו': מתניתין דלא כי האי תנא דתניא אבא יוסי בן יוחנן איש ירושלים אומר משום רבי מאיר אחת בעילה ואחת חליצה בתחלה אין אחריה כלום באמצע ובסוף יש אחריה כלום

it was consequently necessary to tell us that no such preventive measure was required. But what need was there [for the ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That there is no validity in the ma'amar. ');">¹⁰</span> where] HE COHABITED WITH HER AND THEN ADDRESSED TO HER A MA'AMAR?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of what consequence could the ma'amar be after cohabitation whereby the woman had become the levir's proper wife? ');">¹¹</span> But [the fact is that] as he taught, IF THE LEVIR SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> AND THEN ADDRESSED TO HER A MA'AMAR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was certainly necessary, as has just been explained. ');">¹²</span>

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