Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 212:9

אמר ליה מודה רבא בלא אבה יבמי אמר אביי האי מאן דכתב גיטא דחליצתא ליכתוב הכי אקרינוה לדידה מן מאן יבמי עד אבה יבמי ואקרינוהו לדידיה מן לא עד לקחתה ואקרינוה לדידה מן ככה ועד חלוץ הנעל

— 'Raba', the other replied, 'admits in [the case of the formula] He will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prescribed formula in Deut. XXV, 7. ');">³⁴</span> [that no pause is permitted].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is only in the formula of the levir, in which the negative particle, 'not', forms the first word and cannot consequently be misunderstood as being connected with any previous word, that a pause does not matter. In the woman's formula, however, where the negative particle occurs in the middle of a clause, a pause after it might imply the connection of the negative with the preceding words, so that the clause following it would assume the meaning of an affirmative statement. ');">³⁶</span> Abaye stated: The person who writes a certificate of <i>halizah</i> shall word it as follows: 'We read out for her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sister-in-law. ');">³⁷</span> from My husband's brother refuseth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prescribed formula in Deut. XXV, 7. ');">³⁸</span> to<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The middle portion of the formula is omitted, since it is forbidden to write down more than three consecutive words of the Pentateuch on unruled paper (cf. Git. 6b). The words permitted to be written according to Abaye represent in the Hebrew no more than two consecutive words. ');">³⁹</span>

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