(Mishnah): If Chalitzah was done with a Min'al (a soft leather shoe), it is Kesherah.

According to whom was this needed? It is according to R. Meir. R. Meir says that one may not do Chalitzah with a Min'al [l'Chatchilah. Our Mishnah teaches that b'Di'eved, it is Kesherah.]

(Beraisa - R. Yosi): A case occurred in which I went to Netzivin. I saw an elder, and asked him if he knew R. Yehudah ben Beseira well. He told me 'I was a moneychanger in his city, and he was regularly on my table.'

R. Yosi: Did you ever see him [oversee] Chalitzah? Did he use a Min'al or a sandal?

The elder: Rebbi, do we have a sandal in our region?! (It is not common; he used a Min'al.)

R. Yosi: Why did R. Meir say that we do not do Chalitzah with a Min'al?

(R. Ba citing Rav): If Eliyahu would come and say that we do Chalitzah with a Min'al, we would heed him. If he would say that we do not do Chalitzah with a sandal, we would not heed him, for many are accustomed to do Chalitzah with a sandal, and the custom overrides the Halachah.

(R. Ze'irah citing R. Yirmeyah citing Rav): If Eliyahu would say that we do not do Chalitzah with a Min'al, we would heed him. If he would say that we do not do Chalitzah with a sandal, we would not heed him, for many are accustomed to do Chalitzah with a sandal, and the custom nullifies the Halachah. (MAHARIK 102 - this is only a fixed custom established by Chachamim with a source in Torah. NIMUKEI YOSEF Bava Basra 67b, citing the RITVA - a stipulation of people of a city can override even a solid [monetary] Halachah. A Stam custom nullifies the Halachah only if it wavers, i.e. it is not clear how we rule.)

R. Ze'ira showed R. Ba bar Rav Yitzchak how one does Chalitzah - he bent down.

R. Ba: Do we do so?!

R. Zeira: Yes - your Rebbi bent!

R. Ze'ira showed R. Ba bar Rav Yitzchak how one does - he ties it [so it will not be too tight, but] so he can walk in it by itself.

(R. Chananyah brei d'R. Hillel): He makes a bow in order that he can untie it with one hand.

How does she do? She unties it with her right hand, holds it in her left hand, and removes the heel with the right hand and drags it with the right hand, so removing and untying are with the right hand.

(Rav): The primary Chalitzah is untying the strap.

Question: Didn't R. Ba cite Rav Yehudah, and Zerikan said that Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav, that Chachamim hold that if she did Chalitzah (removed the shoe) but did not spit, or spat but did not do Chalitzah, it has no effect until she does Chalitzah and spits?

Answer: Even though Rav holds that she must do Chalitzah and spit, he agrees that the primary Chalitzah is untying the straps.

(Rav): The primary Chazakah [to prove ownership of a field] is bringing in the Peros.

Question: Didn't Rav say that [the witnesses] must see him weed and hoe?

Answer: Even though Rav said that they must see him weed and hoe, Rav agrees that the primary Chazakah is bringing in the Peros.

(R. Yanai): If he removed and she untied, or she removed and he untied, the Chalitzah is Pasul. If he wanted to return [and do Yibum], he may not return.

Question: What is the reason [why the Chalitzah is Pasul] - is it because she did not do both (removing and untying), or because they were not done in order (untying first)?

Question: What is the difference [what is the reason]?

Answer: If [she removed and he untied, and then he retied and] she returned and untied - if you will say that it is because she did not do both, she did both!

Answer: The reason is because they were not done in order;

(R. Lazar): There are cases in which they said that Chalitzah is Pasul, and if he wanted to return [and do Yibum], he may return, and there are cases in which they said that Chalitzah is Pasul, and if he wanted to return, he may not return;

If Chalitzah was done with Ampiliya (a slipper or sock), or she did Chalitzah to a minor [Yavam], the Chalitzah is Pasul, and if he wanted to return, he may return.

If Chalitzah was done with Ampiliya, some teach that the Chalitzah is Kosher, and some teach that the Chalitzah is Pasul;

The one who says that the Chalitzah is Kosher, this is when the Ampiliya is of leather. The one who says that the Chalitzah is Pasul, this is when the Ampiliya is of fabric.

If Chalitzah was done with a Min'al [over] an Ampiliya, some teach that the Chalitzah is Kosher, and some teach that the Chalitzah is Pasul;

The one who says that the Chalitzah is Kosher, this is when the Ampiliya is of fabric and the Min'al is of leather. (The Ampiliya is not important; it is Batel to the Min'al.) The one who says that the Chalitzah is Pasul, this is when the Ampiliya is of leather and the Min'al is of leather. (The Ampiliya is important; it itself is proper for Chalitzah. It is not Batel to the Min'al; it is as if she removed a shoe from a shoe, and not from his Regel.)

Some teach that one may go out with an Ampiliya on Yom Kipur (it is not considered a shoe), and some teach that one may not go out with an Ampiliya;

(Rav Chisda): The one who says that one may go out, he discusses an Ampiliya of fabric. The one who says that one may not go out, he discusses an Ampiliya of leather.

(Mishnah): [If Chalitzah was done] with a sandal that has a heel, it is Kesherah.

There (in Bavel), they say that it is like these Kansoras (a kind of sandal known at the time). Rabanan here (in Eretz Yisrael) say that it is like these [sandals] of ours.

(Rav): Had I not seen R. Chiyah Ruba, my dear uncle, do Chalitzah with these sandals with drawstrings (they are easy to remove), we would not be so brazen to do so.

The brother of Rav Kahana's mother did Chalitzah at night, alone, on Shabbos night, with a sandal of rubber, and standing.

R. Zerikah: And she did not spit.

Rav heard, and said 'who would do so, if not the brother of Rav Kahana's mother! (All six matters about the Chalitzah were at best Kosher b'Di'eved. No one proper would do so!)