Commentary for Yevamot 50:8

<big><strong>גמ'</strong></big> הא התירה ישאנה במאי עסקינן אילימא בחד חד מי מצי מתיר והאמר (רב אמר) ר' חייא בר אבין אמר רב עמרם תנא התרת נדרים בשלשה

MUST NOT MARRY HER HIMSELF.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To avoid the suspicion that his motive in forbidding the woman was to marry her himself. ');">¹⁹</span> IF, HOWEVER, A WOMAN MADE A DECLARATION OF REFUSAL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. s.v. mi'un. ');">²⁰</span> OR PERFORMED <i>HALIZAH</i> IN HIS PRESENCE, HE MAY MARRY HER, SINCE HE [WAS BUT ONE OF THE] <i>BETH DIN</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Declarations of refusal and the performance of halizah, unlike the disallowance or confirmation of vows, must always take place in the presence of a court of three; and a court of three would not be suspected. ');">²¹</span>

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