Commentary for Yevamot 69:2

ומי גזרינן קטנה משום גדולה והתנן אם היו קטנות שאינן ראויות לילד מחזירין אותן מיד אמר רב גידל אמר רב הוראת שעה היתה מכלל דהואי אלא כהוראת שעה היתה וחילוף לא שכיח

was a special ruling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'a ruling of the hour'. ');">⁵</span> Does this imply that such a case had actually occurred!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But our Mishnah, 'IF THEY WERE MINORS etc. Obviously speaks of a contingency and not of a fact. ');">⁶</span> — Rather [this is the meaning:] It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ordinance in our Mishnah. ');">⁴</span> was like a special ruling, since the exchange of brides is an unusual occurrence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And no preventive measure is. therefore, necessary. ');">⁷</span>

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