Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 203:12

גזירה משום מנעל מרופט

shoe or even half a shoe.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such are not permitted at all for halizah purposes. Were any foot-covering shoe permitted for use in halizah one might erroneously use such a shoe even when it was burst or when it was flabby or even when half of it was torn away. Hence its entire prohibition. No such measure was necessary in the case of the sandal which, when burst or broken in halves cannot be worn at all. ');">²⁵</span> Said Rab: Had I not seen my uncle<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Hiyya. ');">²⁶</span> arranging a <i>halizah</i> with a sandal that had laces I would have allowed a <i>halizah</i> only with an Arabian sandal which can be more firmly fastened. And in respect of our [kind of sandal] though it has a knot,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which prevents the sandal from falling off the foot. ');">²⁷</span>

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