Commentary for Yevamot 208:14

והא שני דברים המתירין נינהו ושני דברים המתירין אין מעלין זה בלא זה

as a reason for the woman] to become thereby unfit for the brothers! [Should it be suggested], however, [that the view<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra note 9. ');">³⁴</span> is that] of R. Eliezer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cur. edd., 'Eleazar' (cf. supra p 718, n. 5); who stated in our Mishnah that the act of spitting was indispensable. ');">³⁵</span> surely [it may be retorted] are two acts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Drawing off the shoe and spitting. ');">³⁶</span>

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