Yevamos 102b

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Yevamot 102b

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Topic

Laws of the חליצה shoe: intention, material, the meaning of חלץ, and the status of an אנפיליא

Overview

The גמרא first confirms that people really do wear one shoe over another, since רב יהודה once went out in five layers. Next, רב rules that a young יבמה who grew up among the brothers may marry one of them, and the גמרא gives two readings of whether a sandal pulled off without intention matters. רב then teaches that a חליצה shoe must be leather, learned from תחש, though any leather works because the word נעל is repeated. A leather shoe with hair straps is fine, but an all-hair one is only a slipper. The גמרא proves from the words 'מעל רגלו' that חליצה means pulling the shoe off, even though the root חלץ can also mean strengthening. In a side story, רבן גמליאל answers a heretic who claimed ה׳ did חליצה from Israel. Finally, the גמרא resolves conflicting sources about the אנפיליא: a leather one counts as a shoe and a cloth one does not. A ברייתא supporting this begins at the end of the amud, and its ruling continues on the next amud.

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The steps (40)

1. QuestionDo people really wear one shoe on top of another?
2. ResponseYes, רב יהודה once wore five layers of shoes
3. StatementA young יבמה who grew up among the brothers may marry one of them
4. StatementReading רב closely: only because we did not see it
5. ChallengeBut חליצה needs both sides to intend it
6. Resolutionרב meant: even if we saw it, we do not worry
7. StatementSecond version: if we saw it, we do worry
8. ResolutionIntention is needed to free her, but not to forbid her to the brothers
9. StatementA sandal sewn with flax cannot be used for this
10. ChallengeMaybe only תחש leather works
11. ResolutionThe repeated word נעל widens the rule
12. ChallengeThen why not every material?
13. ResolutionOtherwise the word תחש would teach nothing
14. QuestionA leather shoe with hair straps
15. ResponseIt still counts as a תחש shoe
16. ChallengeThen an all-hair shoe should work too
17. ResolutionAn all-hair shoe is called a slipper
18. QuestionHow do we know וחלצה means removing?
19. ResponseProof from the stones with נגע
20. ChallengeMaybe the word means strengthening, as in arming soldiers
21. ResolutionArming soldiers also means taking them out
22. ChallengeA challenge from the פסוק about the poor man
23. ResolutionHis suffering earns him rescue from גיהנם
24. ChallengeA challenge from the angel who protects those who fear ה׳
25. ResolutionThose who fear ה׳ are rescued from גיהנם
26. ChallengeA challenge from 'He will strengthen your bones'
27. ResolutionThe word can mean both, but here it must mean pulling off
28. ChallengeMaybe 'From on His Foot' Teaches Even the Calf
29. ResolutionThe Wording Proves חליצה Means Taking Off
30. StatementA Heretic Claims ה׳ Did חליצה From Israel
31. Resolutionרבן גמליאל: A Backwards חליצה Means Nothing
32. QuestionIs a Soft Cloth Shoe Not Considered a Shoe?
33. ProofA משנה in שקלים also shows that an אנפיליא is not a shoe
34. ChallengeA ברייתא about יום הכיפורים treats an אנפיליא like a shoe
35. Resolutionאביי: the יום הכיפורים case has padding and is forbidden because of pleasure
36. Rejectionרבא rejects אביי: comfort alone is not forbidden on יום הכיפורים
37. Resolutionרבא: a leather אנפיליא is a shoe, a cloth one is not
38. ProofIt makes sense: otherwise two יום הכיפורים sources would contradict
39. ConclusionConclusion: leather אנפיליא versus cloth אנפיליא
40. ProofA ברייתא lists unusual footwear for חליצה, including a leather אנפיליא