Commentary for Yevamot 29:12

איבעית אימא יש תנאי בביאה איכא בינייהו

in the case of matrimonial intercourse is valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a stipulation was made by the husband in the case of R. Gamaliel's daughter. The first Tanna is of the opinion that the stipulation is valid, and since an infirmity was subsequently discovered, the marriage is null and void and the rival as a mere stranger is consequently permitted. The 'Others', however, regard a stipulation in connection with marital intercourse as invalid. R. Gamaliel's marriage with the rival was consequently permitted only because his daughter was incapable of procreation. ');">³¹</span> R. Mesharsheya raised an objection: It once happened that R. Akiba gathered the fruit of an ethrog<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³²</span> on the first of Shebat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The eleventh month in the Hebrew calendar, the first day of which is regarded by Beth Shammai as the New Year for trees. The period of the gathering was about the end of the second year of the septennial cycle and the beginning of the third. ');">³³</span>

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