Commentary for Yevamot 159:8

אמר רמי בר דיקולי אמר שמואל חזר בו ר' אליעזר איבעיא להו מהי הדר ביה תא שמע דתניא רבי אליעזר אומר סריס חמה חולץ וחולצין לאשתו שכן במינן מתרפאין באלכסנדריא של מצרים

at the age of twenty did not produce two hairs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The marks of puberty. ');">²⁰</span> they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir's relatives. Cf. supra note 9, mutatis mutandis. ');">²¹</span> must bring evidence that she is twenty years of age and she, being confirmed as a woman who is incapable of procreation neither performs <i>halizah</i> nor is taken in levirate marriage; so Beth Hillel. But Beth Shammai maintain that with the one as well as with the other [this takes place at] the age of eighteen. R. Eliezer said. In the case of the male, the law is in accordance with Beth Hillel and in the case Of the female, the law is in accordance with Beth Shammai because a woman matures earlier than a man!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nid. 47b. Now, the case spoken of here is that of a congenital saris and yet R. Eliezer stated that he is subject neither to halizah nor to the levirate marriage, which is in direct contradiction to his statement in our Mishnah! ');">²²</span>

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