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Yevamos 100a

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Yevamot 100a

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Topic

תרומה rules for people who are left out, giving women their turn first, and the mixed-up sons of a כהן and a slave

Overview

The גמרא explains a ברייתא that lists people who do not get a share of תרומה at the threshing floor, and gives a reason for each one. For an אשה, רב פפא and רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע disagree: one says the worry is a hidden גרושה, the other says it is יחוד. The גמרא shows where those two reasons lead to different rulings. It then explains why תרומה may be sent home to a ערל but not to a טמא: the ערל is much more truly forced into his condition. A second ברייתא teaches that a woman is served first when מעשר עני is given out, to spare her embarrassment, and רבא tells how this led him to hear women's court cases first. Back in the משנה, רבא says the mixed-up sons are forced to free each other so that they can marry. The משנה's rule that 'the stringencies of both' apply to them is explained as being about their מנחה: a קמיצה is taken, the rest is not eaten, and in the end the שיריים are scattered on the בית הדשן according to all opinions. Finally, a new משנה begins about a son whose father is unknown, ruling that he and his half-brothers do חליצה but not יבום.

Opening lines

בְּרִיָּה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ נִינְהוּ.

they are a creature of their own kind.

עֶבֶד נָמֵי —

A slave is also understood:

דִּלְמָא אָתֵי לְאַסּוֹקֵי

perhaps they will come to raise him

מִתְּרוּמָה לְיוּחֲסִין.

from eating teruma to having priestly lineage.

The steps (30)

  1. StatementThe easy reasons for most of the list
  2. QuestionWhy is a woman left out?
  3. ResponseTwo reasons: divorce or being alone
  4. QuestionWhat difference do the two reasons make?
  5. ResponseNear but empty, or far but busy
  6. Statementתרומה may be sent home, with two exceptions
  7. QuestionWhy may it be sent to an uncircumcised man?
  8. ResponseThe ערל gets תרומה because he cannot help it
  9. ChallengeBut a טמא is also forced
  10. ResolutionThe ערל is much more forced than the טמא
  11. StatementA ברייתא about a slave and a woman at the threshing floor
  12. ChallengeWhat does the ברייתא mean?
  13. ResolutionThe second line is about מעשר עני
  14. ResponseWhy the woman goes first: to spare her embarrassment
  15. Statementרבא changes the order of hearing court cases
  16. StatementThe mixed-up sons grew up and freed each other
  17. ChallengeWhy should it be optional when they cannot marry anyone?
  18. Resolutionרבא: we force them to free each other
  19. QuestionWhat does 'the stringencies of both' add?
  20. Responseרב פפא: their מנחה gets קמיצה but is not eaten
  21. QuestionHow is that done?
  22. ResponseThe קומץ and the leftovers are each burned separately
  23. ChallengeBurning the leftovers breaks בל תקטירו
  24. ResolutionThe leftovers go up as wood, like רבי אלעזר
  25. Proofרבי אלעזר: not as a sweet savor, but as wood
  26. ChallengeThe fuel answer works only for רבי אלעזר
  27. ResolutionFollow רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון instead
  28. ProofThe שיריים are scattered on the בית הדשן
  29. ResolutionEven the רבנן agree in this case
  30. StatementA son whose father is unknown: חליצה but not יבום