Commentary for Yevamot 58:10

א"ל השתא לא עבד בה מאמר כתיב (דברים כה, ה) יבמה יבא עליה בעל כרחה עבד בה מאמר מיבעיא

ordinary betrothal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a betrothed in the world', i.e., ordinary betrothal which is pentateuchally valid. ');">³⁰</span> R. Hiyya taught, that where the wife has only been betrothed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not yet married. ');">³¹</span> [the husband] is neither subject to the laws of onan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A mourner prior to the burial of certain relatives is called onan (v. Glos.) and is subject to a number of restrictions. If his betrothed died he may, unlike one whose married wife died, partake of holy things. ');">³²</span> nor may he defile himself for her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he is a priest who may defile himself by attending on the dead bodies of certain relatives of whom a wife is one. ');">²⁷</span>

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