Commentary for Yevamot 35:5

והא דקתני מאמר לאפוקי מב"ש דאמרי מאמר קונה קנין גמור קמ"ל

and the ma'amar was mentioned only in order to exclude the view of Beth Shammai. Since they maintain that the ma'amar effects a perfect contract,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'acquires perfect possession', i.e., the widow is regarded as the legal wife of the second brother, and his own wife thus becomes her rival and is consequently exempt even from the halizah. ');">⁹</span> he teaches us [that it was not so]. Abaye pointed out the following objection to him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To Rabbah. ');">¹⁰</span>

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