Commentary for Yevamot 207:10

ואמר רב יוסף בר מניומי אמר רב נחמן אין הלכה כאותו הזוג ואב"א כולהו נמי יחידאה קתני להו דתניא א"ר ישמעאל בר' יוסי אני ראיתי את רבי ישמעאל בן אלישע שחלץ במוק ביחידי ובלילה:

— His objection, however, is [that Rabbah acted] alone. How [he objected] could he act alone when it was only one individual who expressed approval of such a procedure!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'taught it'. ');">²⁵</span> For we learned: If [a sister-in-law] performed <i>halizah</i> in the presence of two or three men, and one of them. was discovered to be a relative or in any other way unfit [to act as judge], her <i>halizah</i> is invalid; but R. Simeon and R. Johanan ha-Sandelar declare it valid. Furthermore, it once happened that a man submitted to <i>halizah</i> with none present but himself and herself in a prison, and when the case came before R. Akiba he declared the <i>halizah</i> valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus it is proved that it is an individual opinion, that of R. Akiba, that permits halizah in the absence of witnesses. ');">²⁶</span> And<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. BaH. Cur. edd. insert: 'And R. Joseph b. Manyumi stated in the name of R. Nahman that the halachah is not in agreement with that pair.' This occurs infra 105b, but is irrelevant here. ');">²⁷</span>

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