Commentary for Yevamot 221:6

אי אמרת בשלמא חרשת קנויה ומשויירת קטנה קנויה ואינה קנויה משום הכי דכי בא על החרשת נותן לה גט והותרה דאמרת ממה נפשך אי קטנה קנויה היא הא נפקא משום אחות אשה אי לאו קנויה שפיר מיבם

becomes permitted [to marry any other man].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because (a) if the minor was to be regarded as his legal wife, the deaf woman was all the time permitted to marry a stranger since, as his wife's sister, she was never subject to the levirate obligations; and if (b) the minor was not to be regarded as his legal wife, his marriage with the deaf widow, who accordingly was not his wife's sister, was a valid levirate marriage which was duly and lawfully annulled by the letter of divorce which set her free. ');">¹⁹</span> Now, if you grant that a deaf wife is partially acquired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 773, n. 7. ');">²⁰</span> [and that concerning] a minor [it is doubtful whether] she is [fully] acquired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 773, n. 8. ');">²¹</span> or not acquired [at all], one can well see the reason why when he cohabited with the deaf widow he gives her a letter of divorce and she becomes permitted [to marry any other man]. For you may rightly claim that in any case [she becomes permitted]. If the minor is acquired,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 773, n. 8. ');">²¹</span>

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