Yevamos 106a

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Yevamot 106a

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Mistaken and forced חליצה and גט, and identifying the parties for חליצה and מיאון

Overview

A ברייתא teaches that a 'mistaken' חליצה is valid, and the גמרא asks what that means. ריש לקיש says it is when the יבם is told that doing חליצה will marry him to her. רבי יוחנן rejects this, because חליצה needs both sides to intend it. He explains instead that it is a חליצה done in return for a promise of two hundred זוז, and a ברייתא with a story about רבי חייא supports him. Two stories follow. In the first, רבי חייא בר אבא tricks a יבם and then has him do a proper חליצה. In the second, רב פפא corrects אביי to use the two-hundred-זוז method, and he proves from the case of an escaping prisoner that the woman need not pay, since she can say 'I was fooling you.' Next, a ברייתא compares mistaken and forced חליצה and גט. The גמרא explains that a forced act is valid only if the man ends up saying 'רוצה אני,' and brings a proof from forcing someone to bring a קרבן. Finally, רב הונא and רבא disagree about whether a court must recognize the people before doing חליצה or מיאון, and how that affects writing documents about it.

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1. StatementA mistaken חליצה is valid
2. QuestionWhat counts as a mistaken חליצה?
3. Responseריש לקיש: he was told חליצה would marry her
4. Challengeרבי יוחנן: both sides must have the right intent
5. ResolutionNew definition: חליצה in exchange for two hundred זוז
6. ProofA ברייתא supports the two hundred זוז case
7. ProofThe story before רבי חייא
8. ProofA woman refuses her יבם before רבי חייא בר אבא
9. Proofרבי חייא בר אבא tricks the יבם, then requires a proper חליצה
10. Statementאביי uses the same trick for רב פפא's sister-in-law
11. Challengeרב פפא reminds אביי of רבי יוחנן's rule
12. Questionאביי asks what else he should say
13. Responseרב פפא suggests the two-hundred-זוז method
14. Statementאביי tells the woman to pay
15. Rejectionרב פפא: she was only fooling him
16. ProofThe escaping prisoner and the ferryman
17. ConclusionThe same reason applies to the woman
18. Statementאביי asks about רב פפא's parents
19. StatementMistaken and forced: חליצה compared to גט
20. ChallengeHow can a forced גט be different from a forced חליצה?
21. ResolutionForced cases depend on whether he says 'I want to'
22. ProofProof from forcing a person to bring a קרבן
23. Statementחליצה and מיאון may be done even without recognizing the people
24. ConclusionNo document without recognizing the people
25. Statementרבא's own view: the court must recognize the people first
26. ConclusionSo the documents may be written without recognizing the people