Commentary for Yevamot 72:12

א"ל רב אשי לרב הושעיא בריה דרב אידי התם תנן רשב"ג אומר כל ששהא באדם ל' יום אינו נפל הא לא שהא ספיקא הוי

and people as a rule keep away from it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'her', i.e., from marrying an expectant yebamah. No penalty. therefore, need be imposed upon an occasional offender. ');">³²</span> Raba said: Even according to the ruling of the Rabbis<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who permit marriage after the period of twenty-four months had elapsed. ');">³³</span> he must let her go from him by means of a letter of divorce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mere separation is not enough. ');">³⁴</span>

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