Commentary for Yevamot 217:2

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר עיפה מאי טעמא דרבי אלעזר הואיל ועמדה עליו שעה אחת באיסורא אמרו ליה רבנן לעיפה אי הכי חליצה נמי לא תיבעי

AND REMARRIED HER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether during her minority or after she had attained her majority. ');">⁵</span> SHE IS PERMITTED TO MARRY THE LEVIR;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is the death of her husband, not his marriage with her, that subjects her to the levir; and at the hour of his death she was no longer his divorcee but his wife. ');">⁶</span> R. ELEAZAR, HOWEVER, FORBIDS. IF A MINOR WAS GIVEN IN MARRIAGE BY HER FATHER AND WAS DIVORCED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While she was still in her minority, the letter of divorce having been accepted on her behalf by her father (Rashi). (Cf. Keth. 46b) Rashi s.v. [H] and Sonc. ed. p. 266, n. 6. ');">⁷</span>

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