[Avodah] status of chilonim

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:

> For a halachic discussion of the status of chilonim
> by R. Navon of the Gush see
> http://vbm-torah.org/archive/halak70/09halak.htm   (part 1 so far)
>
>
> --
> Eli Turkel
>


> The status of a *chiloni *may have yet another ramification. The Geonim
> ruled that if a man died without children, and his brother is an apostate,
> the widow of the deceased is exempt from levirate marriage and *chalitza.
> *
>

Is this Gaonic ruling based upon the shqla v'tarya in the Talmud itself or
upon a Hiddush based upon some kind of "legislation"?f

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