Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot Chapter 14
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חֵרֵשׁ. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁכּוֹנֵס בִּרְמִיזָה. כְּלוֹמַר כְּקִדּוּשִׁין כָּךְ גֵּרוּשִׁין. וְכֵן פִּקֵּחַ בְּחֵרֶשֶׁת בִּרְמִיזָה כָּנַס, שֶׁרָמַז לָהּ עַד שֶׁנִּתְרַצֵּית לוֹ, וּבִרְמִיזָה יוֹצִיא אִם רָצָה לְהוֹצִיא:
כשם שכונס ברמיזה – meaning to say, just as concerning betrothal/sanctification, so also divorce. For just as a man of sound senses [who marries] with a deaf-mute woman with gestures (i.e., sign language), who gesticulated to her until she is reconciled to him and with a gesticulation he will divorce [her] if he wants to divorce [her].
וְנִתְחָרְשָׁה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקִּדּוּשִׁין גְּמוּרִים הָיוּ, שֶׁפִּקַּחַת הָיְתָה בְּאוֹתוֹ זְמַן:
ונתחרשה – even though that it was a complete betrothal/sanctification since she was of sound sense at that time.
אִם רָצָה לְהוֹצִיא יוֹצִיא. דְּלֹא בָּעִינַן דַּעַת הָאִשָּׁה:
אם רצה להוציא יוציא – for we don’t require the consent of the wife.
נִשְׁתַּטֵּית לֹא יוֹצִיא. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיּוֹדַעַת לִשְׁמֹר גִּטָּהּ וּמִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת מִן הַתּוֹרָה, תִּקְּנוּ חֲכָמִים שֶׁלֹּא יְגָרְשֶׁנָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִנְהֲגוּ בָּהּ מִנְהַג הֶפְקֵר:
נשתטית לא יוציא – for even though she knows how to preserve her Jewish bill of divorce and can be divorced according to the [laws of] the [Written] Torah, the Sages established that he should not divorce her in order that people will not treat her with the practice of being an outlaw (see Talmud Yevamot 66a – as she had the neither the legal status of a freed woman nor that of a slave).
נִתְחָרֵשׁ הוּא. לְאַחַר קִדּוּשִׁין, הוֹאִיל וְהָיוּ קִדּוּשָׁיו קִדּוּשִׁין גְּמוּרִים לֹא יוֹצִיא עוֹלָמִית, שֶׁאֵין גֵּרוּשִׁין שֶׁאֵינָן גְּמוּרִים מַפְקִיעִין קִדּוּשִׁין גְּמוּרִים:
נתחרש הוא – after betrothal/sanctification, since for even though his betrothal was a complete betrothal, he can never divorce her, for a Jewish divorce that does not completely release the complete betrothal/sanctification.
שֶׁהִשִּׂיאָהּ אָבִיהָ. בְּקַטְנוּתָהּ, וְקִבֵּל קִדּוּשֶׁיהָ, וְהָיוּ קִדּוּשִׁין גְּמוּרִים אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא חֵרֶשֶׁת, שֶׁעַל דַּעַת אָבִיהָ נִתְקַדְּשָׁה וְלֹא עַל דַּעְתָּהּ:
שהשיאה אביה – while she was a minor girl and accepted her betrothal/sanctification and they were a complete Kiddushin/sanctification, even though she is a deaf-mute girl, for with the consent of her father, she was betrothed and not with her consent/knowledge.
יוֹצְאָה בְגֵט. אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר שֶׁגָּדְלָה וּפָקַע כֹּחַ אָב מְקַבֶּלֶת הִיא אֶת גִּטָּהּ:
יוצאה בגט – even after she grew up and the power of her father has no legal effect, she receives her Jewish bill of divorce.
אַף זוֹ. פִּקַּחַת שֶׁנִּתְחָרְשָׁה, כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהּ:
אף זו – a woman of sound senses who became a deaf-mute woman and in a similar manner.
הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרוֹת. דְּהוֹאִיל וּשְׁנֵיהֶן חֵרְשִׁים אוֹ שְׁתֵּיהֶן חֵרְשׁוֹת, כְּקִדּוּשֵׁי זוֹ כָּךְ קִדּוּשֵׁי זוֹ, וְאָתוּ קִדּוּשִׁין דְּאִשְׁתּוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָן גְּמוּרִים, וּמַפְקְעֵי זִקַּת יְבִמְתּוֹ, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינָהּ זִקָּה גְּמוּרָה:
הרי אלו פטורות – for since both of them are deaf-mute males or both of them are deaf-mute women, just as the betrothal for this one, so too is the betrothal for that one, and the betrothal of his wife occurs even though they are not complete and they annul/cancel the levirate relation, for she is not a complete levirate relationship.
יִכְנֹסוּ. שֶׁאֵין חֲלִיצָה בְּחֵרֵשׁ וְחֵרֶשֶׁת, שֶׁאֵינָן בִּוְאָמַר וְאָמְרָה. וְאַחַר כָּךְ אִם רָצוּ לְהוֹצִיא יוֹצִיא בְּגֵט, דְּאָתֵי גֵּט בִּרְמִיזָה וּמַפְקָע נִשּׂוּאִין דִּידֵיהּ וְזִקַּת אָחִיו דְּהַוָאִי בִּרְמִיזָה:
יכנסו – for there is no removal of the shoe with a deaf-mute male and deaf-mute female which are not [considered applicable with] (Deuteronomy 25:7): “and she [his brother’s widow] shall declare, [‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name in Israel for his brother]’, (Deuteronomy 25:8), “[If he insists,] saying, ‘I don’t want to marry her’],” and afterwards if they want to put them away, they put them away with a Jewish bill of divorce, for a Jewish bill of divorce by intimation (i.e., sign-language), and remove the legal status of his marriage and the levirate relation of his brother through intimation (i.e., sign-language).
מוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט. דְּזִקַּת אֲחוֹתָהּ הַבָּא מִכֹּחַ קִדּוּשִׁין גְּמוּרִים אוֹסַרְתָּהּ עָלָיו, וְאֵין כֹּחַ בְּקִדּוּשִׁין דִּידֵיהּ לִדְחוֹת הַיְבָמָה מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ:
מוציא את אשתו בגט – for the levirate relationship of his sister that comes on account of complete betrothal/Kiddshin prohibits her to him, for there is no power in his betrothal to push away the widow of the brother who died without children because of [the prohibition of] the his wife’s sister.
וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו אֲסוּרָה לְעוֹלָם. דְּחֵרֵשׁ לֹא חָלִיץ. וְלִכְנֹס אִי אֶפְשָׁר מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה:
ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם – for a deaf-mute does not have his show removed and to marry is impossible because of [the prohibition of] his wife’s sister.
כּוֹנֵס וְאֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא לְעוֹלָם. דְּלֹא אָתֵי גֵּט דִּידֵיהּ וּמַפְקָע זִקַּת יִבּוּמֵי אָחִיו הָרִאשׁוֹן:
כונס ואינו מוציא לעולם – for his Jewish bill of divorce does not come and cancel the first levirate relationships of his brother.