Commentary for Yevamot 221:3

אמר רב ששת הכי נמי מיסתברא כדקא מתרץ רב חסדא אליבא דרב

then she is of course acquired,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 1 mutatis mutandis. ');">⁸</span> and if she is not acquired,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the legal wife of her husband. ');">⁴</span> then she is a mere stranger';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the deaf woman, marriage with whom does not consequently affect the validity of her marriage. ');">⁹</span> if so [it could be retorted] whereby should the deaf [widow] be released!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of halizah she is incapable, owing to her inability to recite the prescribed formulae; and marriage with her after a marriage had been contracted with the minor is forbidden. Hence the necessity for Rab's ruling which provides redress for the minor as well as the deaf widow. ');">¹⁰</span>

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