Commentary for Yevamot 223:4

היא אומרת נבעלתי והוא אומר לא בעלתי הרי זה יוציא בגט הוא אומר בעלתי והיא אומרת לא נבעלתי אע"פ שחזר ואמר לא בעלתי צריך גט וחליצה

— R. Ammi replied: [The meaning is that] she requires <i>halizah</i> together with her letter of divorce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is already in her possession. The clause 'even if he withdrew' his statement etc,' does not emphasize the necessity of giving a letter of divorce but the ruling that where the levir first declared after thirty days that he consummated the marriage he may only be requested and not compelled to submit to halizah even though he later asserted that no cohabitation had taken place. ');">¹⁰</span> R. Ashi replied: There<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the first clause of the Baraitha under discussion. ');">¹¹</span> the letter of divorce [was given] in respect of his levirate bond;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this has caused the woman to be forbidden to the levir, in consequence of which halizah only but no levirate marriage is possible. ');">¹²</span>

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