Commentary for Yevamot 158:8

הסריס שחלץ ליבמתו לא פסלה בעלה פסלה מפני שהיא בעילת זנות וכן איילונית שחלצו לה אחין לא פסלוה בעלוה פסלוה מפני שבעילתה בעילת זנות:

NEITHER SUBMITS TO <i>HALIZAH</i> NOR IS <i>HALIZAH</i> ARRANGED FOR HIS WIFE, SINCE HE CANNOT BE CURED. R. JOSHUA B. BATHYRA TESTIFIED CONCERNING BEN MEGOSATH, WHO WAS A MAN-MADE SARIS LIVING IN JERUSALEM. THAT HIS WIFE WAS ALLOWED TO BE MARRIED BY THE LEVIR, THUS CONFIRMING THE OPINION OF R. AKIBA. THE SARIS NEITHER SUBMITS TO <i>HALIZAH</i> NOR CONTRACTS THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, AND SO ALSO A WOMAN WHO IS INCAPABLE OF PROCREATION MUST NEITHER PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i> NOR BE TAKEN IN LEVIRATE MARRIAGE.

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