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Rabba answered: Since you require ḥalitza and you do not exempt her completely, all will know that this is merely a stringency and that the rabbis did not decide with certitude that the first betrothal was fully valid. Consequently, they would not come to disregard the other betrothal. Abaye raised
He answered him: A mistake could in fact be made here, as, if you say that she must perform ḥalitza then she may also enter into levirate marriage. People might mistakenly think that if she is suitable for ḥalitza then she is also suitable for levirate marriage, and as a result the woman might ente
Abaye raised an objection to Rabba by citing a case where even in places of doubt, the woman requires ḥalitza. As we learned in a Mishnah (67b): A house fell on him, on a certain man, and on his brother’s daughter to whom this man was married, and he was childless, and it is unknown which of them d
And according to Rabba’s opinion, why is that so? Here too, let us say: This woman, the rival wife, has the presumptive status of being permitted to marry a man from the general public. This is because she was exempt from levirate marriage for the entire period of her marriage as the rival wife of
And if you would say: Here too, we rule more stringently due to the uncertainty. Nevertheless, this would be a stringency that brings about a leniency, for if you say that she must perform ḥalitza, she may also enter into levirate marriage. However, it is forbidden for her to enter into levirate m