Commentary for Yevamot 191:14

ביאה דפסלה בין בתחלה בין בסוף פסיקא ליה מאמר דבתחילה פסיל בסוף לא פסיל לא פסיקא ליה

but if at the end,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After an elder brother had addressed to her a ma'amar. ');">³⁶</span> it causes no unfitness. But does cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the part of the boy of the age of nine years and one day. ');">³⁹</span> cause unfitness even [if it took place] at the end? Surely it was taught: BUT WHILE HE RENDERS HER UNFIT FROM THE OUTSET ONLY, THEY [RENDER HER UNFIT] BOTH FROM THE OUTSET AND AT THE END. IN WHAT MANNER? A BOY OF THE AGE OF NINE YEARS AND ONE DAY WHO COHABITED WITH HIS SISTER-IN-LAW etc!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Emphasis on COHABITED. Since the illustration is limited to an act of cohabitation only the general statement that the boy RENDERS HER UNFIT FROM THE OUTSET ONLY, on which the illustration apparently hangs must also be limited to cohabitation. ');">⁴⁰</span> — Something, indeed, is here missing, and this is the proper reading: 'A BOY OF THE AGE OF NINE YEARS AND ONE DAY RENDERS [HIS SISTER-IN-LAW] UNFIT [FOR MARRIAGE WITH HIS BROTHERS, if his action took place] AT THE OUTSET, but they RENDER HER UNFIT FOR HIM BOTH AT THE OUTSET AND AT THE END. This is applicable only in the case of a <i>ma'amar</i>, but cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the part of the boy of the age of nine years and one day. ');">⁴¹</span>

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