Midrash for Yevamot 26:1
חלצו ב"ש פוסלין מן הכהונה ובית הלל מכשירין נתייבמו בית שמאי מכשירין ובית הלל פוסלין
IF THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The rivals. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> PERFORM THE <i>HALIZAH</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the brothers. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> BETH SHAMMAI DECLARE THEM INELIGIBLE TO MARRY A PRIEST,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the opinion of Beth Shammai the halizah is legal and any woman who performed legal halizah is, like one divorced, forbidden to marry a priest. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim, Ibid.) "Do not lacerate yourselves" (lo tithgodedu): Do not form opposing factions (agudoth, agudoth), but all of you consolidate into one bond, as in (Amos 9:6) "and He founded His bond (agudah) upon the earth."
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