Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 39:2

שאני התם דאמר קרא (דברים כה, ה) ולקחה לו לאשה כיון שלקחה נעשית כאשתו לכל דבר אי הכי הכא נמי הא כתב רחמנא (דברים כה, ה) ויבמה

as soon as he married her she becomes his wife in every respect. If so, [the same deduction should be applied] here also! — Surely the All Merciful has written, 'And perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5' ');">²</span> And why the differentiation?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and what did you see', i.e., why apply the first part of the text to one case and the second part of the same text to the other? ');">³</span> - It stands to reason that permission<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To give ordinary divorce without submitting to halizah. and to remarry, which is derived from And take her to him to wife. ');">⁴</span>

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