Yevamos 103b

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Yevamot 103b

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Topic

Why יעל did not benefit from סיסרא, and which shoes are fit for חליצה: someone else's, a left sandal, a wooden sandal, and a sandal with צרעת or tied to עבודה זרה.

Overview

The גמרא finishes the principle that the good done by the wicked is bad for the righteous. It proves this from God's warning to לבן not to speak to יעקב 'either good or bad.' It explains that סיסרא harmed יעל by putting זוהמא into her, backed by רבי יוחנן's teaching about the נחש and חוה. Then it returns to the משנה. A ברייתא shows that anyone's shoe works for חליצה, as long as it fits the יבם. In a story, רב יוסף tells אביי to give his sandal to the יבם as a gift and objects to the left sandal אביי hands over. The גמרא asks whose view allows a wooden sandal: רבי מאיר, or everyone if it is covered in leather. Two students report רבא differently on a sandal with צרעת, and the גמרא tests the idea that something waiting to be burned counts as already crushed. רבא's final ruling is that a מוסגר, מוחלט, or עבודה זרה sandal should not be used, but a חליצה done with one is valid. The amud ends as he begins the separate case of a sandal offered to an idol.

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The steps (32)

1. ProofA verse about לבן and יעקב as the source
2. QuestionWhy forbid speaking good?
3. ConclusionThe good of the wicked is bad for the righteous
4. ChallengeWhat harm was there for יעל?
5. ResolutionHe put filth into her
6. Proofרבי יוחנן on the snake's filth
7. StatementBack to the משנה: חליצה with someone else's shoe
8. QuestionThe verse says 'his shoe': what about anyone's shoe?
9. Response'Shoe' means any shoe
10. QuestionThen why does the פסוק say 'his shoe'?
11. Response'His shoe' means a shoe that fits him
12. StatementStory: אביי gives his left sandal for a חליצה
13. Challengeרב יוסף: a left sandal is only good after the fact
14. Challengeאביי: a borrowed sandal is also only after the fact
15. Resolutionרב יוסף: I meant give it as a gift so it becomes his
16. QuestionWhich תנא holds a wooden sandal works?
17. Responseשמואל: it is רבי מאיר
18. Responseשמואל's father: a leather-covered wooden sandal, so all agree
19. Statementרב פפי's version: a quarantined sandal works after the fact, a confirmed one does not
20. Statementרב פפא's version: both kinds of sandal work after the fact
21. ChallengeChallenge from the משנה about a house with צרעת
22. ChallengeIf a confirmed item counts as crushed, there would be no house to enter
23. ResolutionA house is different: the פסוק still calls it a house
24. ChallengeA rag with צרעת is measured by its size
25. RejectionNo, the rag is only מוסגר
26. ChallengeThe end of the ברייתא: one כזית of the rag is enough
27. ChallengeOnly a מוחלט rag is compared to a dead person
28. ResolutionA garment with צרעת is a special case because of the verse
29. ChallengeWhy not learn the sandal law from the garment
30. ResolutionWe do not learn prohibition laws from impurity laws
31. Conclusionרבא's final ruling on problem sandals
32. StatementOpening the case of a sandal offered to an idol