Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 160:10

הסריס שחלץ ליבמתו לא פסלה כו': טעמא דבעלה הוא הא אחר לא

of heaven; and this anonymous [Mishnah] is in agreement with R. Akiba who stated [that <i>halizah</i> applies] only to a man-made [saris but] not [to one afflicted] by the hand of heaven.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The congenital eunuch or the saris by nature. Cf. supra p. 538. n. 11. ');">²²</span> IF A SARIS SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> FROM HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, HE DOES NOT THEREBY CAUSE HER TO BE DISQUALIFIED etc. The reason then [why when HE COHABITED WITH HER HE CAUSES HER TO BE DISQUALIFIED] is because he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir to whom, as his brother's wife, she is forbidden under the penalty of kareth. ');">²³</span> cohabited with her; another man, however, does not;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cause her to be disqualified. ');">²⁴</span>

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