Commentary for Yevamot 5:12
וליתני מן הייבום ומן החליצה א"נ מן החליצה לחודה אבא שאול היא דאמר מצות חליצה קודמת למצות ייבום
it was therefore necessary to use the expression, EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Prohibit' might have implied that a daughter, e.g., always causes her rival to be prohibited to her father whether the precept of the levirate marriage is applicable or not. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> What justification is there for stating, FROM THE <i>HALIZAH</i> AND FROM THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE when it would have been sufficient to state<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'let him teach'. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> FROM THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE only?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is obvious that if one is exempt from the levirate marriage there could be no question of being subject to halizah which is only the result of a refusal to contract the prescribed marriage. ');"><sup>33</sup></span>
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