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- The ceremony
- The ''halitzah'' shoe
- Halitzah document
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- In Reform Judaism
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thumb|right|Engraving of a chalitza ceremony
Halitsah or chalitzah () in Rabbinical Judaism is the process by which a childless widow and a brother of her deceased husband may avoid the duty to marry under the biblical system of yibbum (levirate marriage).
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