Commentary for Yevamot 219:10

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> וחרשת בת חליצה היא והתנן חרש שנחלץ וחרשת שחלצה וחולצת מן הקטן חליצתה פסולה

WOMAN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the marriage with either, according to Rabbinic law, is of equal validity. ');">⁴⁰</span> COHABITATION WITH ONE OF THEM DOES NOT EXEMPT HER RIVAL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is uncertain, owing to the difference in their physical condition and age, which of them he preferred and which of them has consequently the greater claim to be regarded as his wife. ');">⁴¹</span> [IF ONE WAS] POSSESSED OF HER FACULTIES AND THE OTHER WAS DEAF,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., deaf-mute. ');">⁴²</span> COHABITATION WITH THE FORMER EXEMPTS THE LATTER, BUT COHABITATION WITH THE LATTER DOES NOT EXEMPT THE FORMER. [IF ONE WAS] OF AGE AND THE OTHER A MINOR, COHABITATION WITH THE FORMER EXEMPTS THE LATTER, BUT COHABITATION WITH THE LATTER DOES NOT EXEMPT THE FORMER. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Is, however, a deaf<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., deaf-mute. ');">⁴²</span>

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