Commentary for Yevamot 222:9

ואי אשמעינן בהא משום דגדולה רמיא קמיה אבל אידך לא צריכא:

IF HE COHABITED WITH A SISTER-IN-LAW WHO WAS OF AGE, SHE SHOULD BRING HIM UP UNTIL HE IS OF AGE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During his minority he cannot divorce her (cf. supra note 10). ');">¹⁹</span> IF A SISTER-IN-LAW DECLARED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS [AFTER HER LEVIRATE MARRIAGE], 'HE HAS NOT COHABITED WITH ME',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And he denies her statement. ');">²⁰</span> [THE LEVIR] IS COMPELLED TO SUBMIT TO HER HALIZAH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It being assumed that a period of thirty days sometimes elapses before a marriage is consummated, her word is accepted; v. Gemara. ');">²¹</span>

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