Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 205:7

אמר אמימר האי מאן דחליץ צריך למדחסיה לכרעיה

affords no protection.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence its unfitness for halizah. It is not the material of which it is made but its unsuitability as a covering of the foot that causes its unfitness. ');">¹⁷</span> Amemar stated: When a levir submits to <i>halizah</i> he must press down his foot [to the ground]. Said R. Ashi to Amemar: Was it not taught [that the <i>halizah</i> was valid] 'whether he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir. ');">¹⁸</span> was standing, sitting or reclining'? — Read: And in all these cases, only if he pressed his foot [to the ground].

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