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לא פסל את הראשונה, וכן שתי חרשות.
the yavam or his brother did not disqualify the first girl from staying married to him, as her levirate marriage was consummated. Likewise, if the two wives were two female deaf-mutes, the first wife may remain married to the yavam. sex with the second wife, though prohibited, has no effect: If the marriage was of uncertain status, then either the levirate marriage was concluded when he had sex with the first, or neither wife was really married to the first husband, and they are therefore not rival wives. If the initial marriage was partial, then since both wives have the same standing, the levirate marriage with the first wife fully realizes whatever degree of levirate marriage is available.
קטנה וחרשת. בא יבם על הקטנה, וחזר ובא על החרשת, או שבא אחיו על החרשת — פסל את הקטנה.
If one wife was a minor and the other a deaf-mute, and the yavam had sex with the minor and then had sex with the deaf-mute, or if his brother had sex with the deaf-mute, then the yavam or his brother disqualified the minor from staying married due to the rabbis’ decree, lest it be confused with a situation where the sex with the deaf-mute was first.
בא יבם על החרשת, וחזר ובא על הקטנה, או שבא אחיו על הקטנה — פסל את החרשת.
If the yavam had sex with the deaf-mute and then had sex with the minor, or if his brother had sex with the minor, then the yavam or his brother disqualified the deaf-mute from staying married. The marriage to the deaf-mute creates a partial acquisition that does not exempt the second wife from levirate marriage, as she, as a minor, has a different standing. Accordingly, sex with the second wife also creates a partial acquisition and thereby both women are prohibited to the yavam, as it is prohibited to consummate levirate marriage with more than one wife.