Mishnah Yevamot 14

חרש שנשא פקחת ופקח שנשא חרשת. אם רצה יוציא ואם רצה יקיים. כשם שהוא כונס ברמיזה כך הוא מוציא ברמיזה. פקח שנשא פקחת ונתחרשה. אם רצה יוציא ואם רצה יקיים. נשתטית לא יוציא. נתחרש הוא או נשתטה אינו מוציא עולמית. אמר רבי יוחנן בן נורי מפני מה האשה שנתחרשה יוצאה והאיש שנתחרש אינו מוציא. אמרו לו אינו דומה האיש המגרש לאשה מתגרשת שהאשה יוצאה לרצונה ושלא לרצונה והאיש אינו מוציא אלא לרצונו:

If a deaf man married a woman of sound senses or a man of sound senses married a deaf woman he may, if he wishes, divorce her, and he may, if he wishes retain her; just as he marries by gestures so he divorces her by gestures. If a man of sound senses married a woman of sound senses and she became deaf, he may, if he wishes, divorce her; and he may, if he wishes, retain her. If she became insane he may not divorce her. If he became deaf or insane, he may never divorce her. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri says: Why may a woman who became deaf be divorced while a man who became deaf may not divorce [his wife]? They answered him: a man who divorces is not like a woman who is divorced, for while a woman may be divorced with her consent and without her consent, a man can divorce only with his consent.

העיד רבי יוחנן בן גודגדה על החרשת שהשיאה אביה. שהיא יוצאה בגט אמרו לו אף זו כיוצא בה:

Rabbi Yohanan ben Gudgada testified concerning a deaf-mute whose father had given her in marriage, that she could be sent away with a bill of divorcement; They said to him: the other also is similar to her.

שני אחים חרשים נשואים לשתי אחיות חרשות. או לשתי אחיות פקחות. או לשתי אחיות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת. או שתי אחיות חרשות נשואות לשני אחים פקחים. או לשני אחים חרשין. או לשני אחין אחד חרש ואחד פקח. הרי אלו פטורות מן החליצה ומן היבום. ואם היו נכריות יכנסו ואם רצו להוציא יוציאו:

If two deaf brothers were married to two deaf sisters, or to two sisters who were of sound senses, or to two sisters one of whom was deaf and the other was of sound senses; And so also if two deaf sisters were married to two brothers who were of sound senses, or to two deaf brothers, or to two brothers one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses: Behold these [women] are exempt from halitzah and from yibbum. If [the women] were strangers they must marry them, and if they wish to divorce them, they may do so.

שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח נשואים לשתי אחיות פקחות. מת חרש בעל הפקחת מה יעשה פקח בעל הפקחת. תצא משום אחות אשה. מת פקח בעל הפקחת מה יעשה חרש בעל פקחת. מוציא אשתו בגט ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם.

If two brothers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, were married to two sisters who were of sound senses, and the deaf brother, the husband of the sister who was of sound senses, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the sister of sound senses, do? [Nothing, since she] is exempt, because she is his wife’s sister. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of [the sister who was] of sound senses, died, what should the deaf brother, the husband of [the sister who was] of sound senses, do? He must release his wife with a get, while his brother’s wife is forbidden forever [to marry again].

שני אחים פקחים נשואים לשתי אחיות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת. מת פקח בעל חרשת. מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת. תצא משום אחות אשה. מת פקח בעל פקחת. מה יעשה פקח בעל החרשת. מוציא את אשתו בגט ואת אשת אחיו בחליצה.

If two brothers of sound senses were married to two sisters one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, and the brother of sound senses, the husband of the deaf sister, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the sister who was of sound senses, do? [Nothing, since she is] exempt because she is his wife’s sister. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the sister who was of sound senses, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the deaf sister, do? He must release his wife with a get and his brother’s wife by halitzah.

שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח נשואים לשתי אחיות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת. מת חרש בעל חרשת מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת. תצא משום אחות אשה. מת פקח בעל פקחת מה יעשה חרש בעל חרשת. מוציא אשתו בגט ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם.

If two brothers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, were married to two sisters, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, and the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf sister, died, what should the brother who was of sound senses, the husband of the sister who was of sound senses, do? [Nothing, since she is] exempt because she is his wife’s sister. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the sister who was of sound senses, died, what should the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf sister, do? He must release his wife with a get, while his brother’s wife is forever forbidden [to marry again].

שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח נשואים לשתי נכריות פקחות. מת חרש בעל פקחת. מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת. או חולץ או מיבם. מת פקח בעל פקחת מה יעשה חרש בעל פקחת. כונס ואינו מוציא לעולם.

If two brothers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, were married to two strangers who were of sound senses, and the deaf brother, the husband of the woman who was of sound senses, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses, do? He either performs halitzah or yibbum. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman who was of sound senses, died, what should the deaf brother, the husband of the woman who was of sound senses, do? He must marry her and he may never divorce her.

שני אחים פקחים נשואים לשתי נכריות אחת פקחת ואחת חרשת. מת פקח בעל חרשת מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת. כונס. ואם רצה להוציא יוציא. מת פקח בעל הפקחת מה יעשה פקח בעל חרשת או חולץ או מיבם.

If two brothers of sound senses were married to two strangers, one of whom was of sound senses and the other deaf, and the brother of sound senses, the husband of the deaf woman died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses, do? He must marries her and if he wishes to divorce her he may do so. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the deaf woman, do? He may either perform halitzah or yibbum.

שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח נשואים לשתי נכריות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת. מת חרש בעל חרשת מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת. כונס. ואם רצה להוציא יוציא. מת פקח בעל פקחת מה יעשה חרש בעל חרשת. כונס ואינו מוציא לעולם:

If two brothers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, were married to two strangers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, and the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf woman, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses do? He must marry her, but if he wishes to divorce her he may do so. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses, died, what should the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf woman, do? He must marry her and he may never divorce her.