Commentary for Yevamot 222:8
וצריכא דאי איתמר בהא קמייתא בהך קאמר שמואל הלכה כרבי אליעזר משום דלא קיים מצות ייבום אבל בהא דאיקיים מצות ייבום אימא תרוייהו לפקו בגט
in the other case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 779, n. 3, where, should the minor fail to exercise her right of mi'un, the elder widow would, as his wife's sister, be altogether exempt from the levirate marriage. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> [Hence both statements were] required. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A LEVIR WHO WAS A MINOR COHABITED WITH A SISTER-IN-LAW WHO WAS A MINOR, THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP TOGETHER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this with this'. As the divorce of a minor is invalid, they cannot be separated by a letter of divorce, should they desire to do so, before both have attained their majority. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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