Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 212:14

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך מצות חליצה</strong></big><br><br>

If, however, she was tall and he was short, it is necessary that [the spittle] shall drop to the level of his face before<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and then'. ');">⁵⁸</span> it disappears. Raba stated: If she ate garlic and then spat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Impulsively owing to the unpleasant taste in her mouth. ');">⁵⁹</span> or if she ate a clod of earth and then spat,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Impulsively owing to the unpleasant taste in her mouth. ');">⁵⁹</span> her act is invalid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'she did not do anything'. ');">⁵³</span> What is the reason? — Because it is necessary that she shall spit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 9. ');">⁴⁴</span> of her own free will, which is not the case here.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The garlic or the clod of earth having been the cause of her involuntary or instinctive action. ');">⁶⁰</span> Raba further stated: The judges must see the spittle issuing from the mouth of the sister-in-law, because it is written in Scripture Before the eyes of the elders&nbsp;… and spit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 9. ');">⁶¹</span> [THAT] HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED IN ISRAEL, 'THE HOUSE OF HIM THAT HAD HIS SHOE DRAWN OFF' IS A COMMANDMENT [TO BE PERFORMED] BY THE JUDGES AND NOT BY THE DISCIPLES. It was taught: R. Judah stated: We were once sitting before R. Tarfon when a sister-in-law came to perform <i>halizah</i>, and he said to us, 'Exclaim all of you: <i>Haluz ha-na'al,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' '(The man) that had his shoe drawn off'. V. Deut. XXV, 10. ');">⁶²</span></i> haluz ha-na'al, haluz ha-na'al</i>!'

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