Commentary for Yevamot 220:8

כי אתא לקמיה דרב יוסף א"ל מ"ט תותביה מהא דיכול לשנויי לך אחיות חרשות מעיקרא נכריות פקחות ואח"כ נתחרשו

deaf. And since [the man spoken of] is one who was originally deaf, the woman [spoken of in the same context must] also be one who was originally deaf; and, as the sisters were such as were originally deaf, the strangers also [must be such as were] originally deaf; but in the case of the strangers we learned that [the levir] may only marry<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'yes'. ');">²¹</span> but may not submit to <i>halizah</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 769, n. 8. ');">²²</span> The other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba (or Rabbah). ');">²³</span>

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