וְאִם־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו שֵׁם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: ‘My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.’
Rashi on Deuteronomy
השערה — Translate this as the Targum does: to the gate of the court.
Siftei Chakhamim
As Targum [Onkelos] translates, “To the portal of the court of law.” This [translation of שער] is not like, "In your cities (בשעריך) may you eat it (Devarim 15:22),” which means city, because it is written, "to the judges," and the judges sit in the portal of the court of law.
Rav Hirsch on Torah
V. 7. ואם לא יחפץ וגו׳. Das Gebot der יבום-Pflicht ist jedoch kein absolutes. Es können: