Commentary for Yevamot 159:7

רבי אליעזר אומר הזכר כדברי ב"ה ונקבה כדברי ב"ש מפני שהאשה ממהרת לבא לפני האיש

they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The relatives of the widow who wish to exempt her from the halizah and the marriage. ');">¹⁷</span> must bring evidence that he is twenty years of age and he, being confirmed as a saris,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By a display of the required symptoms. ');">¹⁸</span> neither submits to <i>halizah</i> nor performs the levirate marriage. If the woman<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The widow whose husband had died without issue. ');">¹⁹</span>

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