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בית שמאי אומרים: אין ממאנין אלא ארוסות, ובית הלל אומרים: ארוסות ונשואות.
Mishnah: The rabbis decreed that in the case of a minor girl whose father died, her mother or brothers may marry her off. However, such a marriage does not have the same legal status as the marriage of an adult. Therefore, if the minor regrets having married, she is allowed to make a declaration of refusal to her husband, thereby annulling the marital bond. The rabbis disagreed with regard to the details of this halakha: Beit Shammai say: Only betrothed girls may refuse. A girl may refuse, upon reaching adulthood, to remain married to the man to whom her mother or brothers married her as a minor after the death of her father. But Beit Hillel say that both betrothed and fully married girls may refuse.
בית שמאי אומרים: בבעל ולא ביבם, ובית הלל אומרים: בבעל וביבם.
Beit Shammai say: Refusal may be directed only at her husband and not at her yavam. In such a situation, she must perform ḥalitza in order to dissolve the levirate bond. But Beit Hillel say: It may be directed at her husband or her yavam.
בית שמאי אומרים: בפניו, ובית הלל אומרים: בפניו ושלא בפניו. בית שמאי אומרים: בבית דין. ובית הלל אומרים: בבית דין ושלא בבית דין.
Beit Shammai say: The refusal must take place specifically in the presence of the husband. But Beit Hillel say: It may take place either in his presence or in his absence. Beit Shammai say: The refusal must take place specifically in court. But Beit Hillel say: It may take place either in court, or not in court.
אמרו להם בית הלל לבית שמאי: ממאנת והיא קטנה, אפילו ארבע וחמש פעמים. אמרו להם בית שמאי: אין בנות ישראל הפקר, אלא ממאנת וממתנת עד שתגדיל, ותמאן, ותנשא.
Beit Hillel said to Beit Shammai: She may refuse as long as she is a minor, even 4 or 5 times if her relatives married her off again to another man after each refusal. Beit Shammai said to them: The daughters of Israel are not to be treated with disregard and should not be passed from one man to another. Rather, she refuses once. And then she must wait until she reaches majority, and refuse, and marry.