Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 204:15

אמר ליה שוטה מי כתיב חלץ להם חלץ מהם כתיב ואילו יבמה דחלצו לה אחין מידי מששא אית ביה:

the All Merciful should have written: 'We-halezah his shoe upon his foot'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Instead of 'from off'. ');">⁴⁷</span> But [it might be still objected], had the All Merciful written, 'upon his foot' it might have been suggested: Only upon his foot, but not upon his leg;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in case his foot was amputated, no halizah would be possible. ');">⁴⁸</span> hence the All Merciful wrote From off<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'from above', i.e., even from that part which is above his foot. ');">⁴⁹</span> his foot, [to indicate] that [<i>halizah</i> may be performed] even on the [levir's] leg! — If so, the All Merciful should have written: 'Upon [what is] above his foot'. Why [then did He use the expression] From off his foot? Consequently it must be inferred that the meaning<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of [H] in Deut. XXV, 9. ');">⁵⁰</span>

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