Mishna: The mitzvah of yibbum (levirate marriage) initially took precedence over halitza when people performed it for the sake of the mitzvah. Now that people do not do yibbum for the sake of the mitzvah, halitza takes precedence.
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![Reish Lakish says: A man commits a transgression only if a spirit of folly [shetut] enters him, as it is stated: “If any man’s wife goes aside [tisteh]” (Numbers 5:12). The word tisteh is written with the Hebrew letter shin, affording an alternative reading of tishteh, which is related to the term for folly, the word shetut.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvewqubhepq5iqpuhinzjmys/bafkreihwuvyya3p3mn2utz7hcrghs2sor3xcefdnwfuhi7ofi3unnfh2cy)
