Commentary for Yevamot 35:12

אמר ליה דרבן גמליאל אדרבי מאיר קרמית לא הכי קאמרינן ר"מ חייש אפי' לספיקא ר"ג אפילו לודאי לא חייש דלמא מאן דלא חייש אפי' לודאי לא חייש ומאן דחייש אפי' לספיקא חייש

also [maintains that] the precept of the levirate marriage may be annulled; as we learned; R. Gamaliel said, 'If she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A minor who was married to one brother while her sister had been married to another brother who died without issue. ');">²⁷</span> made a declaration of refusal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A minor may refuse to live with her husband and no divorce is needed in her case. V. Glos. s.v. mi'un. ');">²⁸</span> well and good;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'she refused'. By her declaration of refusal her marriage becomes null and void retrospectively. As she has thus never been the legal wife of the Ievir, her sister (being no more his 'wife's sister') may contract the levirate marriage with him. ');">²⁹</span>

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