Commentary for Yevamot 40:4

מתיב רבא פצוע דכא וכרות שפכה סריס אדם והזקן או חולצין או מייבמין כיצד מתו ולהם אחים ולהם נשים ועמדו אחין ועשו מאמר בנשותיהן ונתנו גט וחלצו מה שעשו עשו ואם בעלו קנו

and an old man, may either participate in <i>halizah</i> or contract levirate marriage. How?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in what circumstances is the law mentioned applicable. ');">⁶</span> If these died and were survived by brothers and by wives, and those brothers arose and addressed a ma'amar to the widows, or gave them letters of divorce, or participated with them in <i>halizah</i>, their actions are legally valid;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what they have done is done'; a divorce is required in respect of the ma'amar; no marriage may take place after the divorce, though no ma'amar preceded it, and the halizah is valid. ');">⁷</span>

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