Halakhah for Sanhedrin 35:4
<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך דיני ממונות</strong></big><br><br>
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. THE HIGH PRIEST MAY JUDGE AND BE JUDGED, TESTIFY AND BE TESTIFIED AGAINST. HE MAY PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. p. 1 and p. 31. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> AND THE SAME MAY BE DONE TO HIS WIFE. THE DUTY OF YIBBUM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] The duty of a levirate marriage, i.e., the obligation of marrying one's brother's widow if she be childless. (V. Deut. XXV, 5.) Although marriage with a brother's widow was forbidden as a general rule (Lev. XVIII, 16; XX, 21), in the case of childlessness it was obligatory. This obligation could, however, be avoided by the ceremony of Halizah, which was recommended later in Talmudic times in preference to yibbum (v. Yeb. 39b; 109a). ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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