Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 99:8

נתן גט ועשה מאמר צריכה גט וחליצה נתן גט ובעל צריכה גט וחליצה נתן גט וחלץ אין אחר חליצה כלום

BUT THERE IS NO VALIDITY IN ANY ACT AFTER COHABITATION OR <i>HALIZAH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either of these acts satisfies fully all the requirements of the levirate obligations. The former effected complete union; the latter final severance. No act in connection with the levirate obligations that follows either of these can, therefore, have any validity. ');">²¹</span> HOW [IS THE RELEASE FROM THE LEVIRATE BOND<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between one levir and one sister-in-law. This section has no reference to the dispute in the previous section. V. Gemara infra. ');">²²</span> EFFECTED]? — IF A LEVIR ADDRESSED A MA'AMAR TO HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND SUBSEQUENTLY GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE, IT IS NECESSARY FOR HER TO PERFORM THE <i>HALIZAH</i> WITH HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But no levirate marriage may now he contracted. The ma'amar alone has not completely satisfied the requirements of the levirate obligations (cf. supra n. 1), hence the need for halizah. Since, however, a divorce had been given the levir had placed himself under the prohibition of Deut. XXV, 9 'That doth not build': if he once refused to build he must never again build (v. supra 10b), hence the prohibition of the levirate marriage. ');">²³</span>

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