Commentary for Yevamot 208:7
אמר רבא השתא דאמרת קרייה מעכבא לפיכך אלם ואלמת שחלצו חליצתן פסולה ומתניתין כר' זירא
If so, [the same applies] also to a dumb man and to a dumb woman!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then is their halizah valid? ');"><sup>14</sup></span> — Raba replied: A dumb man and a dumb woman are in full possession of their mental faculties, and it is only their mouth that troubles<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'pains ');"><sup>15</sup></span> them. But, surely, at the school of R. Jannai it was explained [that the reason why a deaf-mute is unfit for <i>halizah</i> is] because [the Scriptural instruction], He shall say<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Deut. XXV, 8. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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