Shabbos 136b

שבת קל״ו ע״ב

Shabbat 136b

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Topic

Whether a woman whose baby died within thirty days must perform חליצה, and the limits of רבי יהודה's view that an אנדרוגינוס is male

Overview

This amud begins by finishing a dispute about what רבא ruled. The case is a woman whose husband died leaving only a baby, and the baby died within thirty days, so it may have been a נפל. That means she might still be bound to her husband's brother for יבום, and in the meantime she married someone else. רבינא reports that רבא ruled that a ישראל's wife does חליצה but a כהן's wife does not, since a חלוצה is forbidden to a כהן. רב שרביא reports that רבא said both must do חליצה. רבינא answers that רבא said that at night but retracted in the morning, and רב שרביא replies with a sarcastic rebuke. The גמרא then returns to the משנה, where רבי יהודה permits a ברית מילה on שבת for an אנדרוגינוס. רב חסדא limits this: רבי יהודה does not treat an אנדרוגינוס as male in every area, since he is excluded from ערכין. A ברייתא proves that exclusion. The verses 'הזכר' and 'ואם נקבה היא' cover only a definite male and a definite female, so a טומטום and an אנדרוגינוס get no valuation at all.

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The steps (10)

1. Statementרבא's ruling as reported by רבינא: an ישראל's wife does חליצה, a כהן's wife does not
2. Statementרב שרביא's version: both women must do חליצה
3. Rejectionרבינא says רבא retracted that ruling
4. Challengeרב שרביא's sarcastic rebuke
5. Statementרב חסדא limits רבי יהודה's view of the אנדרוגינוס
6. ProofProof from valuation vows
7. QuestionWhat is the source that he is not valuated?
8. ResponseThe verse says 'the male', which leaves out the טומטום and אנדרוגינוס
9. QuestionMaybe he gets the woman's valuation instead?
10. ConclusionOnly a definite male or definite female is valuated