Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 71:1

דכל העולה ליבום עולה לחליצה וכל שאין עולה ליבום אינו עולה לחליצה

that whosoever is subject to the obligation of levirate marriage is also subject to <i>halizah</i>, and whosoever is not subject to the obligation of the levirate marriage is not subject to <i>halizah</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 3a. ');">¹</span> Rather, said Raba, it is this that was meant:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the Baraitha cited. ');">²</span> Where a levir married his yebamah who was found to be pregnant, her rival may not be married, because it is possible that the child would be viable, and marital contact with a pregnant woman is no proper marriage nor is the <i>halizah</i> of a pregnant woman proper <i>halizah</i>, while the child does not bring exemption until he is actually born.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he went forth into the air of the world'. ');">³</span>

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