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One who leaves the marriage union through a bill of divorce is required to wait 3 months before remarrying.
The Talmud asks: What is Shmuel teaching us by telling us all of this? We already learned it all in Yevamot (108a): In the case of one who refuses to continue living with a certain man, he is permitted to her relatives and she is permitted to his relatives, and she is not disqualified from marrying
The Talmud answers: It was necessary for him to mention that if she receives a bill of divorce, she is required to wait 3 months before remarrying, as we did not learn that halakha in the Mishnah. Once Shmuel mentioned the difference between one who refuses to continue living with her husband and on
The Talmud suggests: Let us say that this dispute between Rav and Shmuel is parallel to a dispute between tanna’im, as the baraita teaches: R' Eliezer says: The act of marriage by a minor girl is nothing, i.e., has no legal impact, when she is married off not by her father, and her husband is not e
R' Yehoshua says: The act of marriage by a minor girl is something, i.e., has legal impact, and her husband is entitled to any lost article that she finds and to her earnings; and he is able to annul her vows; and he inherits from her; and he becomes impure for her, even if he is a priest. The pri