Commentary for Yevamot 191:16

וסבר ר"מ יש לו גט והתניא עשו ביאת בן תשע כמאמר בגדול ר"מ אומר עשו חליצת בן תשע כגט בגדול ואם איתא ליתני כגיטו אמר רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע אית ליה וזוטר

Surely it was taught: A boy of the age of nine years and one day renders [his sister-in-law] unfit for his brothers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The last three words are wanting in cur. edd., but are rightly included in the Pesaro ed. V. supra n. 4. ');">⁴⁵</span> by one kind of act only, while the brothers render her unfit for him by four kinds of acts. He renders her unfit for the brothers by cohabitation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And by no other act. ');">⁴⁶</span> while the brothers render her unfit for him by cohabitation, by a <i>ma'amar</i>, by a letter of divorce and by <i>halizah</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could it be said that the boy's ma'amar has any validity at all. ');">⁴⁷</span> — Cohabitation, which causes unfitness both from the outset and at the end, presented to him a definite law,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] rt. [H] 'to cut', 'to decide', i.e., the law relating to cohabitation is definite and absolute. The act is always valid. Hence he mentioned it. ');">⁴⁸</span>

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