Related%20passage for Yevamot 107:4

והא אפיקתיה למצוה למצוה (דברים כה, ז) מואם לא יחפוץ האיש נפקא הא חפץ יבם וכי אתא קרא בין בשוגג בין במזיד בין באונס בין ברצון

— From what our Rabbis taught: Her husband's brother shall go in unto her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 5. ');">¹¹</span> is a commandment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Halizah is a substitute only, and preference must always be given to levirate marriage. ');">¹²</span> Another interpretation: Her husband's brother shall go in unto her whether in error or in presumption, whether under compulsion or of his own free will.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whatever the circumstances the kinyan is valid. ');">¹³</span> But, surely, deduction has already been made from this text that it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levirate marriage. v. supra note 5. ');">¹⁴</span>

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