Commentary for Yevamot 222:5

בא יבם על החרשת וחזר ובא על הפקחת או שבא אחיו על הפקחת פסל את החרשת

[it might have been assumed that] in that case alone did Samuel hold that the <i>halachah</i> is in agreement With R. Eliezer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 779, n. 3. ');">⁹</span> since [the levir there] had not fulfilled the commandment of the levirate marriage,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There only it is permissible to teach the minor to exercise her right of mi'un, in order that the levir may be enabled to perform the commandment with the elder. ');">¹⁰</span> but in this case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Our Mishnah. ');">¹¹</span>

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