Yevamos 104a

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Yevamot 104a

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Topic

Valid sandals for חליצה, חליצה at night or on the left foot, and the essential acts of חליצה

Overview

The amud opens at the end of a ברייתא listing sandals that cannot be used for חליצה, including a burial sandal made to honor a זקן. רבינא asks why that sandal fails when the בית דין's own sandal is also not walked in. רב אשי answers that a court messenger may walk in the court's sandal, so it counts as a shoe. A new משנה follows: חליצה at night is valid and on the left foot is invalid, and רבי אלעזר holds the opposite on both. The גמרא explains the night dispute as a question of whether חליצה is like the start of a court case or like its verdict. It then tells of רבה בר חייא, who did a חליצה with a slipper, as a single judge, and at night, and of שמואל's criticism. Two explanations are given for what bothered שמואל. For the left foot, עולא learns the right foot from the מצורע, and the גמרא gives two ways to explain why רבי אלעזר does not use that comparison. Finally, a new משנה asks what happens if the woman leaves out reciting, removing the shoe, or spitting.

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The steps (19)

1. StatementSandals of a condemned city and of an elder's burial are invalid
2. Challengeרבינא asks: the court's sandal is not for walking either
3. Resolutionרב אשי: a court messenger may walk in the court's sandal
4. StatementNew משנה: חליצה at night and on the left foot
5. QuestionSuggesting that the dispute depends on comparing court cases to נגעים
6. RejectionRejecting the comparison: is חליצה like the start of a case or its verdict?
7. Statementרבה בר חייא's חליצה with a slipper, one judge, at night, and שמואל's criticism
8. ChallengeAsking what bothered שמואל, since the slipper and the night ruling are unnamed teachings
9. ResolutionThe real problem was the single judge
10. ProofProof that a one-judge חליצה is a lone opinion
11. ResolutionAnother answer: all three details are a lone opinion
12. QuestionWhy do the Rabbis require the right foot
13. Responseעולא: learn 'foot' from the מצורע
14. ChallengeBut רבי אלעזר also learns from the מצורע
15. ResolutionThe opinions are switched
16. ResolutionEar words are free, foot words are not
17. ChallengeWhat challenge breaks the foot comparison?
18. ResolutionThe מצורע is special
19. StatementWhich parts of חליצה are essential