TT #716 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:07
And if the man does not desire to take his yevamah, then his yevamah shall go up to the gate to the elders and say: “My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother for me.”
Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Yevamot 1:1.
TT lemma: מֵאֵן יְבָמִי.
מֵאֵן יְבָמִי – וְלֹא זֶה שֶׁמֵּאֲנוּ שָׁמַיִם (פְּרָט לְחַיָּבֵי לָאוִין); אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה לֹא תְּהֵא צְרִיכָה חֲלִיצָה? אָמַר רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה: יְבִמְתּוֹ יְבִמְתּוֹ – הַתּוֹרָה רִבְּתָה לַחֲלִיצָה.
English: “My husband’s brother refuses” — and not one whom Heaven has refused (excluding those forbidden by negative commandments). But then she should not require chalitzah? Rabbi Yirmeyah said: the doubled “yevamah” — the Torah included them for chalitzah.
On the daf / in context: Certain women who cannot be taken in yibbum (e.g., those forbidden by a lav) still require chalitzah; the verse’s language is expanded to cover them.
Ribbui extending chalitzah to cases ineligible for yibbum.
Some women who are ineligible for yibbum nevertheless require chalitzah.