Commentary for Yevamot 184:3

אמר ליה רב מרי בר רחל לרב אשי הכי אמר אמימר הלכה כוותיה דשמואל אמר רב אשי השתא דאמר אמימר הלכתא כוותיה דשמואל אם היה יבמה כהן חולץ לה ושריא ליה

it is necessary [that she be given] a letter of divorce; Samuel having been in doubt as to whether the expression,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that'. ');">⁹</span> The wife of the dead shall not be,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. xxv, 5. ');">¹⁰</span> served the purpose of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that it came'. ');">¹¹</span> a negative precept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, as is the case with other unions that are forbidden by negative precepts, the betrothal is valid. ');">¹²</span>

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