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Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: This teaching of the Mishnah with regard to a minor is the statement of R' Meir, who maintains that such a ḥalitza has significance in that it disqualifies a subsequent levirate marriage, but it is insufficient to permit the woman to marry a stranger. But the Rabbis s
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: If a female minor performed ḥalitza, she must perform ḥalitza a second time once she becomes an adult, and if she does not, her first ḥalitza is invalid. Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: This is the statement of R' Meir, who said: “Man” is written in the Torah portion
But the Rabbis say: “Man” is written in this Torah portion, which indicates that an adult male must perform ḥalitza, but with respect to the woman who removes the shoe, since the term woman is not used to describe her, but rather the more general term yevama is written, as the continuation of the a
The Talmud asks: Who are these Rabbis who disagree with R' Meir? The Talmud answers: It is R' Yosei, as it seems from this incident: As, R' Ḥiyya and R' Shimon bar R' Yehuda HaNasi were sitting outside the house of study, immersed in Torah learning. One of them began and said: One who prays must di
And one of them said he must direct his eyes upward, because it is stated: “Let us lift our hearts with our hands toward God in Heaven” (Lamentations 3:41). In the meantime, R' Yishmael, son of R' Yosei, came beside them. He said to them: What are you dealing with? They said to him: With prayer, as