Commentary for Yevamot 237:10

דלמא כיון דאיחזקה לשוק לא חייש רישא דאיחזק לייבום תייבם

'Follow the majority of female minors' and the majority of female minors are not incapable of procreation!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bek. 19b. Cf. supra 61b, 105b. The majority spoken of here is, surely, one which is not actually present, and the Rabbis are nevertheless guided by it! ');">²⁷</span> — But, clearly, [it must be admitted], our Mishnah represents the view of R. Meir. How have you explained it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in what did you place it', sc. the first clause of our Mishnah. ');">²⁸</span>

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