## Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments 217:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments 217:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Positive%20Commandments/r/217:1)

היא שצונו להיות היבמה חולצת ליבמה אם לא ישאנה. והוא אמרו יתעלה וחלצה נעלו. וכבר התבארו משפטי מצוה זו במסכת יבמות. וכבר ידעת אמרם (יבמות ל"ט:) מצות יבום קודמת למצות חליצה, ולכן היא נקראת יבמות ואע"פ שהיא כוללת דיני היבום והחליצה בשוה. (כי תצא, נשים הלכות יבום וחליצה):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
That is that He commanded us that a *yevamah* (levirate wife) release her *yavam* if he does not marry her. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "and she shall release his shoe" (Deuteronomy 25:9). And the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in Tractate Yevamot. And you already know their saying (Yevamot 39b), "The commandment of *yibum* (levirate marriage) takes precedence over release." And that is why [the tractate] is called Yevamot, even though it includes the laws of levirate marriage and of release, equally. (See Parashat Ki Tetzei; Mishneh Torah, Levirate Marriage and Release.)