Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 217:16

רבי יהושע אומר אי לו על אשתו אי לו על אשת אחיו מוציא את אשתו בגט ואשת אחיו בחליצה:

STATED, TO EXERCISE HER RIGHT OF <i>MI'UN</i> AGAINST HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her husband. His marriage with her (a minor) being only Rabbinically valid, his levirate bond with the elder sister renders her forbidden to him. By the mi'un of the minor the levir is able to perform the Pentateuchal law. ');">⁵⁰</span> R. GAMALIEL SAID: IF SHE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The minor. ');">⁵¹</span> EXERCISED HER RIGHT OF <i>MI'UN</i> WELL AND GOOD;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'she refused' and the elder sister is then enabled to contract the levirate marriage. ');">⁵²</span> BUT IF [SHE DID] NOT, LET HER WAIT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., she is not forbidden to her husband, despite his levirate bond with her elder sister which his brother's death had created, (Cf. supra 51a). ');">⁵³</span>

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