Commentary for Yevamot 220:11

אלא לאו אחרשין מעיקרא ומדהן חרשין מעיקרא אינהו נמי חרשות מעיקרא וקתני אם היו נכריות יכנוסו יכנוסו אין יחלצו לא תיובתא דרבה תיובתא:

[the respective levirs] must marry them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Halizah is forbidden, since either the levir or the sister-in-law (or both), as the case may be, is unable to recite the prescribed formulae. ');">²⁸</span> and if they wish to divorce them, they may do so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cit. 71b, infra 112b. ');">²⁹</span> Now, how [is this ruling]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Concerning the deaf people spoken of in this context. ');">³⁰</span>

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