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תנו רבנן: חליצה מוטעת — כשרה. אי זו היא חליצה מוטעת? אמר ריש לקיש: כל שאומרים לו: חלוץ, ובכך אתה כונסה.
§ A baraita states: A mistaken ḥalitza is valid. The Talmud asks: What constitutes a mistaken ḥalitza? Reish Lakish said: Any case in which they say to a yavam who is not well versed in halakha: Let her remove your shoe, and in doing so you will take her in marriage, i.e., the yavam understands that by allowing ḥalitza he will actually be marrying her. Although he actually intended to marry her, having allowed her to remove his shoe validates the ḥalitza. Subsequently it is prohibited for the woman to marry him, and she is permitted to others.
אמר ליה רבי יוחנן, אני שונה: בין שנתכוון הוא ולא נתכוונה היא, בין שנתכוונה היא ולא נתכוון הוא — חליצתה פסולה, עד שיתכוונו שניהם כאחד. ואת אמרת חליצתה כשירה?!
R' Yoḥanan said to him: I teach that whether in a case where he had intended to perform valid ḥalitza and she did not intend, or whether she had intended and he did not intend, the ḥalitza is invalid, unless they both intend together as one to perform a proper ḥalitza that would permit her to marry others. And yet you say that in that case when he doesn’t have any intention of permitting her to others, and actually intends to marry her through the act of ḥalitza, her ḥalitza is valid?
אלא כל שאומרים לו: ״חלוץ לה על מנת שתתן לך מאתים זוז״. תניא נמי הכי: חליצה מוטעת — כשירה. אי זו היא חליצה מוטעת — כל שאומרים: חלוץ לה על מנת שתתן לך מאתים זוז.
Rather, a mistaken ḥalitza that is valid refers to any case in which they say to him: Let her perform ḥalitza on you, with the intention of releasing her bond, on the condition that she will give you 200 dinars afterward, and even if she does not give him the money the ḥalitza is valid, as the stipulated condition is not binding. This idea of R' Yoḥanan is also taught in a baraita, which states: A mistaken ḥalitza is valid. What constitutes a mistaken ḥalitza? Any case in which they say: Let her perform ḥalitza on you on condition that she will give you 200 dinars.