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167 ‎[1] A youth younger than 9, his sexual intercourse is not [considered] anything [from a halachic standpoint]. From 9 years and one day and on, his sexual intercourse acquires through levirate marriage, as speech would for an adult [over 13]. And a woman normally cannot acquire anything. Therefore, if he marries a woman and dies, she is exempt from halitza and the levirate marriage. ‎[2] A boy of 9 years and a day who has sexual intercourse for levirate marriage, cannot let her go through a divorce document, until he gets older [to 13] and then has sexual intercourse with her after that point. If he does not have sexual intercourse with her after that point, and he comes to let her go, she needs a divorce document and halitza. If he has sexual intercourse with her when he is a youth [younger than 3], and he dies before he gets older [to 13], or he dies after he gets older [to 13] but he did not have sexual intercourse with her after that point, she does halitza and not levirate marriage. And once he gets older [to 13], if he marries another [and he dies], and he has not [yet] has sexual intercourse for his levirate marriage after he got older [to 13], both [women] must do halitza, but not levirate marriage. ‎[3] A youth does not do halitza until he is 13 years of age and one day, and they check him then that he has the two hairs [that determine Biblical maturity]. But if he he had two hairs before he got older [to 13], he is not considered an adult through [the hairs], but rather only if two other ahirs came after he got older. Nevertheless, if two hairs are found after he got older, we do not suspect perhaps they were there from before. ‎[4] A girl ages 3 and a day and up, her sexual intercourse is considered such for anything [on a halachic level]. And if her levirate husband has sexual intercourse with her, she is acquired. But she cannot do halitza until she is 12 and a day years old, and they check her after that to find if she has two hairs [as a sign of maturity]. ‎[5] A youth boy who has sexual intercourse with his levirate wife who is a youth girl, they must grow older [to 13/12 respectively] together. And if he comes to divorce her before he gets older, he cannot, for the divorce document of a youth is not an [effective] divorce document. ‎[6] A yevamah who had relations with the yavam and said within thirty days: I did not have relations. Even if he says: I did have relations, and I divorced her, we force him to perform halitzah with her, since he first divorced her with a get. But if he has not yet divorced her, we force him to have levirate marriage or to do halitzah and release her with a get. And even if he agrees with her that he didn't have relations, she requires a get and halitzah, for anyone who has been married is assumed to have had relations (Maggid Mishneh, ch. 2). If he divorced her after thirty days and she says: I didn't have relations, we ask him to perform halitzah with her. And if he agrees that he didn't have relations, we force him to perform halitzah.
If she says: I had relations and he says: I didn't have relations, she does not require halitzah, for he is not permitted to forbid her to any man once he has married her.
And there are those who say that within thirty days he is believed, and she requires halitzah with a get.
And her rival wife, is always permitted even if both say that he didn't have relations with her, and even within thirty days.
And there are those who say that for all thirty days he is believed to say I didn't have relations to forbid her rival wife (Tur in the name of the Rosh).
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