Commentary for Yevamot 210:2

קטנה שחלצה וכו': אמר רב יהודה אמר רב זו דברי ר"מ דאמר איש כתוב בפרשה ומקשינן אשה לאיש

but the Sages maintain that the <i>halizah</i> of a minor has no effect at all.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His act is legally null and void. She is not thereby forbidden even to himself. ');">⁴</span> [A SISTER-IN-LAW] WHO PERFORMED <i>HALIZAH</i> WHILE SHE WAS A MINOR etc. Rab Judah stated in the name of Rab: This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a sister-in-law who was a minor may not perform halizah. ');">⁵</span> is the view of R. Meir who stated, 'In the Pentateuchal section [of <i>halizah</i>] the expression man<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Deut. XXV, 7. ');">⁶</span>

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