Commentary for Yevamot 158:15

אלא אמר רבה כגון שנפלה לו ולבסוף נפצע

he should also be permitted to contract levirate marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then was only halizah mentioned? ');">²⁰</span> — The law is so indeed; only because R. Joshua used the expression 'SUBMITS TO HALIZAH'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Joshua, who regards an assembly of proselytes as a congregation, marriage is in fact forbidden. Only halizah is permitted because in his opinion it is applicable in the case of those a union between whom is subject to the penalty of a negative precept. ');">²¹</span>

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