Commentary for Yevamot 184:2

ושמואל אמר בעניותינו צריכה גט מספקא ליה לשמואל האי לא תהיה אשת המת אי ללאו הוא דאתא אי דלא תפסי בה קדושין הוא דאתא

outside unto one who is not of his kin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5. ');">⁵</span> there shall be no validity in the betrothal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'being'. [H], i.e., 'betrothal'. ');">⁶</span> of her by a stranger.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a stranger shall have no being in her'. [H] (supra n. 15) is of the same rt. vhv, as that of vhv, (supra. 13). ');">⁷</span> Samuel, however, stated: Owing to our [intellectual] poverty<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Inability to understand the meaning of the Scriptural text mentioned. ');">⁸</span>

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