Commentary for Yevamot 221:10

אי אמרת בשלמא חרשת קנויה ומשויירת קטנה קנויה ואינה קנויה ורבנן היא משום הכי תמתין עד שתגדיל ותחלוץ דדלמא קדים ובעיל חרשת ברישא והויא ליה ביאה דקטנה ביאה פסולה

How do they obtain redress? The deaf woman is released by a letter of divorce<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason is given infra. ');">³¹</span> while the minor waits until she is of age 'when she performs halizah'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And she is free at all events: If the minor was a lawfully acquired wife the deaf widow is exempt from the levirate marriage by the former's levirate marriage; and if the minor was not a lawfully acquired wife, the deaf widow had performed the levirate obligation by her own cohabitation with the levir through whose divorce she is now free to marry again. ');">³²</span> Now, if you grant<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of the two sisters spoken of in the first clause cited. ');">³³</span> that a deaf wife is partially acquired [and that concerning] a minor [it is doubtful whether she is fully] acquired or not acquired [at all],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 775, n. 3. ');">³⁴</span>

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