Commentary for Yevamot 221:7

אלא אי אמרת חרשת קנויה ואינה קנויה קטנה קנויה ומשויירת כי בא על חרשת אמאי נותן גט והותרה הויא ליה ביאה פסולה וביאה פסולה לא פטרה

[the deaf widow] is rightly released as his wife's sister;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 3 (a). ');">²²</span> and if she is not acquired [at all] he has quite lawfully contracted with her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The deaf widow. ');">²³</span> the levirate marriage.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 3 (b). ');">²⁴</span> If you contend, however, [that concerning] a deaf woman [it is doubtful whether] she is acquired<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>

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