Commentary for Yevamot 107:11

אחד המערה: אמר עולא מנין להעראה מן התורה שנאמר (ויקרא כ, יח) ואיש אשר ישכב את אשה דוה וגלה את ערותה את מקורה הערה מכאן להעראה מן התורה

'whether in error or in presumption, whether under compulsion or of his own free will.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whatever the circumstances the kinyan is valid. ');">²⁸</span> [To turn to] the main text. 'Rab Judah ruled that one in sleep cannot acquire his sister-in-law, for Scripture stated, Her husband's brother shall go in unto her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5. ');">²⁹</span> only when the cohabitation was intentional'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Emphasis on 'shall go in'. ');">³⁰</span> But, surely, it was taught: Whether he was awake or asleep! — Read: Whether she was awake or asleep. But, surely, it was taught: Whether he was awake or asleep; or whether she was awake or asleep! — This statement refers to one who was in a state of drowsiness. What state of drowsiness is hereby to be understood? R. Ashi replied: When a man is half asleep and half awake<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'asleep and not asleep, awake and not awake'. ');">³¹</span>

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