Commentary for Yevamot 223:5

אמר רבי אמי צריכה חליצה עם גיטה רב אשי אמר התם גט לזיקתו הכא גט לביאתו

while here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the final clause. ');">¹³</span> the letter of divorce [is required in respect] of his cohabitation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The purport of the clause 'even if he withdrew' his statement etc.' being that although the levir admitted later that no cohabitation had taken place, in consequence of which it might have been presumed that halizah alone is sufficient, a letter of divorce is nevertheless required, because, more than thirty days having elapsed after the marriage, his first statement admitting cohabitation is accepted as the true one. ');">¹⁴</span> [A couple] both of whom admitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the levir had first declared that consummation of marriage had taken place. ');">¹⁵</span>

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