Commentary for Yevamot 221:11

אלא אי אמרת רבי נחמיה הא אמר ביאה פסולה פטרה

and [that the opinion in this statement] is that of the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who maintain that an unlawful cohabitation does not exempt a deceased brother's widow from the levirate marriage and halizah. ');">³⁵</span> one can well understand the reason why<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the final clause, relating to a marriage with orphans who were strangers to each other. ');">³⁶</span> 'the minor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though marriage with her by the levir should in any case be permitted. For if she was fully acquired by her husband the subsequent cohabitation by the levir with the deaf widow who was only partially acquired can have no validity to cause the minor's prohibition to him; and if she was not acquired at all she, as a stranger, should also be permitted to the levir; and in either case her divorce should set her free without the performance of halizah. ');">³⁷</span> waits until she is of age, when she performs halizah', since [otherwise]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If halizah were not imposed upon the minor when she attains her majority. ');">³⁸</span>

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