Commentary for Yevamot 222:16

קרי כאן (דברים כה, ז) להקים לאחיו שם והאי לאו בר הכי הוא אמר אביי אמר קרא יבמה יבא עליה כל דהו

Should not the text, To raise up unto his brother a name,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 7. ');">³⁸</span> be applied here? And this minor,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As he is incapable of procreation. ');">³⁹</span> Surely, is not capable of it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To raise up unto his brother a name. Why then is he allowed, the levirate marriage? ');">⁴⁰</span>

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