Beis Shammai say: Only those [who are] betrothed may refuse; but Beis Hillel say: Both those [who are] betrothed and those [who are] married [may refuse]. Beis Shammai say: [Only] the husband [may be refused], but not the yavam; while Beis Hillel say: [Both] the husband and the yavam [may be refused]. Beis Shammai say: [Refusal may only be made] in his presence; but Beis Hillel say: [It may be made] whether in his presence or not. Beis Shammai say: [Only] in court; but Beis Hillel say: Whether in court or out of court. Beis Hillel said to Beis Shammai: She may refuse while a minor, even four and five times. Beis Shammai replied: The daughters of Israel are not to be [treated as] promiscuous. Rather, she may refuse and wait until adulthood, or refuse and marry.

Who is the minor [wife] who must refuse? Anyone whose mother or brothers gave her in marriage with her consent. [If] they gave her in marriage without her consent, she does not need to refuse. R' Chanina ben Antignos says: Any child who is unable to guard her betrothal [object] need not refuse. R' Eliezer says: A minor's act is void —- it is as if she had been seduced; a Yisrael's daughter [married] to a Kohen may not eat terumah, [and] a Kohen's daughter [married] to a Yisrael may eat terumah.

R' Eliezer ben Yaakov says: Whenever she stayed for the husband, she is [considered] like his wife; but whenever she did not stay for the husband, she is not [considered] like his wife.

[If] a girl refuses her husband —- he is permitted to [marry] her relatives, she is permitted to [marry] his relatives, and she is not disqualified from the priesthood. [If] he gave her a bill of divorce —- he is prohibited from [marrying] her relatives, she is prohibited from [marrying] his relatives, and she is disqualified from the priesthood.  [If] he divorced her and remarried her, and [then] she refused him and married another, and was widowed or divorced —- she may remarry him. [If] she refused him and he remarried her, [and then he] divorced her and she married another, and was widowed or divorced —- she may not remarry him. This is the rule: [In a case of] divorce after refusal, she is forbidden to remarry him; [in a case of] refusal after divorce, she is permitted to remarry him.

[If] a girl refuses a husband and is [then] married to another who divorces her; [then] to another whom she refuses; [then] to another who divorces her; [then] to another whom she refuses —- she is forbidden to return to anyone from whom she was divorced, but is permitted to return to anyone [whom she] refused.

[If] a man divorces his wife and then remarries her, she is permitted to the yavam; but R' Eliezer forbids [her]. So too, [if] someone divorces an orphan and then re- marries her, she is permitted to the yavam; but R' Eliezer forbids [her]. [If] a child was given in marriage by her father and was then divorced, she is like an orphan during her father's lifetime. [If] he remarries her, all agree that she is forbidden to the yavam.

[If] two brothers were married to two minor orphaned sisters, and the husband of one died, she is discharged as his wife's sister. So too, [in the case of] two deaf-mutes.  [If one was] an adult and [one was] a minor —- [if] the minor's husband died, the minor is discharged as his wife's sister; [if] the adult's husband died, R' Eliezer says: We teach the minor to refuse him. Rabban Gamliel says: If she refused, then she did so; but if not, let her wait until she reaches adulthood, and the other will [then] be discharged as his wife's sister. R' Yehoshua says: Woe unto him because of his wife, and woe unto him because of his brother's wife —- he must divorce his wife, and perform chalitzah with his brother's wife.

[If] someone was married to two minor orphans and died, cohabitation or chalitzah with one of them releases her co-wife. So too, [in the case of] two deaf-mutes.  [If one was] a minor and [one was] a deaf-mute, cohabitation with one does not release her co-wife. [If one was] competent and [one was] a deaf-mute, cohabitation with the competent one releases the deaf-mute, but cohabitation with the deaf-mute does not release the competent one. [If one was] an adult and [one was] a minor, cohabitation with the adult releases the minor, but cohabitation with the minor does not release the adult.

[If] someone was married to two minor orphans and died, [if] the yavam cohabited with the first one and then with the second one, or his brother cohabited with the second one, he did not disqualify the first one. So too, [in the case of] two deaf-mutes. [If one was] a minor and [one was] a deaf-mute, [if] the yavam cohabited with the minor and then with the deaf-mute, or [if] his brother [then] cohabited with the deaf-mute, he did not disqualify the minor. [If] the yavam cohabited with the deaf-mute and then with the minor, or his brother [then] cohabited with the minor, he disqualified the deaf-mute.

[If one was] competent and [one was] a deaf-mute, [if] the yavam cohabited with the competent one and then with the deaf-mute, or his brother cohabited with the deaf-mute, he did not disqualify the competent one. [If] the yavam cohabited with the deaf-mute and then with the competent one, or if his brother [then] cohabited with the competent one, he disqualified the deaf-mute.

[If one was] an adult and [one was] a minor, [if] the yavam cohabited with the adult and then with the minor, or [if] his brother [then] cohabited with the minor, he did not disqualify the adult. [If] the yavam cohabited with the minor and then with the adult, or [if] his brother [then] cohabited with the adult, he disqualified the minor. R' Elazar says: We teach the minor to refuse him.

[If] a minor yavam cohabited with a minor yevamah, they must wait for each other to grow up. [If] he cohabited with an adult yevamah, she must wait for him to grow up.  [If] a yevamah stated within thirty days, “He did not cohabit with me,” we coerce him to perform chalitzah with her; [if she stated this] after thirty days, we request of him that he perform chalitzah with her. However, if he admits [to it], then even after twelve months we coerce him to perform chalitzah with her.

[If] a woman vowed not to derive benefit from her yavam —- [if she vowed so] during her husband's lifetime, we coerce him to perform chalitzah with her; [if she vowed so] after her husband's death, we request of him that he perform chalitzah with her. However, if she intended this, then even [if she vowed] during her husband's lifetime, we [only] request of him that he perform chalitzah with her.