מצות חליצה: ואפילו שלשתן הדיוטות – be surely, that they are called judges and it is essential that they know to lead in reading the Biblical verses similar to judges, for even though it is taught in the Mishnah that the Mitzvah/rite of Halitzah requires three judges, we need to combine with them two others, so that Halitzah will be will be done with five to publicize the matter. And these two that they add on to the three, even if they don’t know how to read [the Biblical verses].

מנעל – of soft leather, the Halitzah is appropriate but not ab initio, as a decree lest he perform Halitzah with a torn shoe from above for even if it is torn, it sits at the knee, for since it is soft, and we require something that protects and this lacks that. But a sandal made of hard leather and it is torn and does not sit at the knee, one cannot make the decree that lest he perform the Halitzah ritual with a torn sandal; therefore, the essence of Halitzah is with a sandal.

חליצתה פסולה – like a kind of felt housing for the foot, his Halitzah is disqualified, for we require something that protects; It is written here (Deuteronomy 25:9): “[pull the sandal off] his foot, [spit in his face]” and it is written there (Ezekiel 16:10): “[I clothed you with embroidered garments,] and gave you sandals of dolphin leather to wear, [wound fine linen around your head, and dressed you in silks],” and it is of leather.

מן הארכובה ולמעלה חליצתה פסולה – that the straps of the shoe are tied above from the knee.

בסנדל של עץ כשרה – and it would be covered with leather.

חלצה בגדול – that the sandal was large from the measurement of his foot, if he is able to walk in it, his Halitzah is valid.

או בקטן – from the measurement of his foot, if it covers the majority of his foot, his Halitzah is valid. But the Halakha is according to Rabbi Eliezer regarding what disqualifies a Halitzah at night, but the Halakha is not according to him in what validates a Halitzah with a left shoe.

חלצה ולא קראה חליצתה כשרה – for since the All-Merciful wrote (Deuteronomy 25:9): “Thus/ככה “ which implies an indispensable condition to the deed as it is written (Deuteronomy 25:9): “Thus shall be done to the man [who will not build up his brother’s house],” and the calling is mere speaking

דבר שהוא מעשה באיש – such as, for example [the case of] Halitzah where the woman performs the action with the body of the man, to exclude spitting, which is not an action with the body of the man.

החרש שנחלץ חליצתו פסולה – he does not free her in a place where there is another who is valid.

והחרשת שחלצה פסולה – and she herself is not freed through her Halitzah and she has no remedy other than through levirate marriage and if he wanted afterwards to free her, he releases her with a Jewish bill of divorce.

והחולצת לקטן חליצתה פסולה – all where we taught in our chapter that her Halitzah is invalid, she is not able to engage in a levirate marriage after that Halitzah and she requires another valid Halitzah to free her for herself and this Tanna/teacher who calls the Halitzah of a minor an invalid Halitzah, which implies that it invalidates her from engaging in a levirate marriage, is Rabbi Meir, for had it been the Rabbis, they would say there is no Halitzah of a minor at all, and she is not invalidated from engaging in a levirate marriage, and the Halakha is according to the Sages.

חלצה בשנים – fit/valid.

בשלשה – and one of them is a relative or invalid, and there didn’t remain an other than two valid individuals,

חליצתה פסולה – her Halitzah is disqualified, and such is the Halakha, that there is no valid Halitzah with less than three.

עצה ההוגנת לו – if he is a young body and she is an elderly woman; he is an elderly man and she is a young girl, they say to him: “What are you doing with a young girl, what are you doing with an elderly woman – go to someone like yourself.”

קוראה – “My husband’s brother refuses [to establish a name in Israel for his brother]” (Deuteronomy 25:7) and he recites: “I do not want to marry her” (Deuteronomy 25:8). She removes his shoe and spits [in his face] and recites (Deuteronomy 25:9) “Thus shall be done [to the man who will not build up his brother’s house!].” And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda who stated that it is a Mitzvah for all who are standing there to state (Deuteronomy 25:10): “the family of the un-sandaled one,” “the family of the un-sandaled one,” “the family of the un-sandaled o