Commentary for Yevamot 217:3

וכי תימא הכי נמי והתניא משום רבי אלעזר אמרו חולצת אלא אמר עיפה ר' אלעזר לא ידענא מאי טעמא

[SO THAT SHE IS REGARDED] AS AN 'ORPHAN' IN HER FATHER'S LIFETIME,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A father, in accordance with Pentateuchal law, is entitled to give his minor daughter in marriage only once. After she has been divorced, therefore, a father has no more right to give her away in marriage than her mother or brothers in the case where the father is dead. As in the latter case mi'un cancels marriage so it does in the former. The minor thus assumes the status of 'orphan' while her father is still alive. ');">⁸</span> AND THEN HER HUSBAND REMARRIED HER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During her minority. ');">⁹</span> ALL AGREE THAT SHE IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY THE LEVIR.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If her husband died during her minority. She has the status of a divorcee because her letter of divorce, having been accepted by her father, is valid, Her subsequent marriage has no validity since her father can no longer act for her (cf. supra p. 756, n. 12) and her own act has no legal force. ');">¹⁰</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. 'Efa stated: What is R. Eleazar's reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For forbidding to the levir his brother's divorced wife despite the fact that at the time of his brother's death she was married to him again. ');">¹¹</span>

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