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Yevamos 106b

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Yevamot 106b

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Topic

The חליצה ceremony: its order, how the פסוקים are read and recorded, the rules of spitting, and who calls out 'חלוץ הנעל'

Overview

The משנה describes the חליצה ceremony step by step. The judges advise the יבם, then the יבמה and the יבם each say their פסוק in לשון הקודש. She removes his shoe, spits so the judges see it, and says 'ככה יעשה לאיש.' Since רבי הורקנוס, the whole פרשה is read, and the תנא קמא and רבי יהודה argue over who calls out 'חלוץ הנעל.' In the גמרא, רב יהודה teaches that the order is the ideal way but not required, and a ברייתא backs this up. אביי and רבא argue about pausing after 'לא' when prompting the פסוקים, and רב כהנא says even רבא agrees about 'לא אבה יבמי.' The גמרא then discusses how to write a שטר חליצה, and the הלכה follows מר זוטרא, who wrote out the whole passage. It ends with rules for valid spitting and a story of רבי טרפון having everyone call out 'חלוץ הנעל' three times.

Opening lines

מַתְנִי׳

MISHNA

מִצְוַת חֲלִיצָה:

The מצוה of chalitza:

בָּא הוּא וִיבִמְתּוֹ לְבֵית דִּין,

he and his yevama come to the court,

וְהֵן מַשִּׂיאִין לוֹ

and they give him

The steps (23)

  1. StatementThe couple comes to court and gets advice
  2. StatementShe speaks, he answers, in Hebrew
  3. StatementRemoving the shoe, spitting, and her final declaration
  4. Statementרבי הורקנוס starts the custom of reading the whole passage
  5. StatementWho says 'חלוץ הנעל'
  6. Statementרב יהודה lists the order of חליצה
  7. ChallengeIsn't this already in the משנה?
  8. ResolutionThe order is ideal but not required
  9. ProofA ברייתא supports that switching the order still works
  10. StatementRead the negative phrases together, not split up
  11. Statementרבא: a pause in speech is no problem
  12. Challengeרב אשי questions רב כהנא's extra effort
  13. Resolutionרבא agrees about 'לא אבה יבמי'
  14. StatementHow to write a שטר חליצה
  15. Statementמר זוטרא writes out the whole passage
  16. Challengeמר בר אידי objects: pieces of the תורה are not written alone
  17. ConclusionThe הלכה follows מר זוטרא
  18. StatementSpit blown away by the wind
  19. StatementSpit caused by garlic or clay does not count
  20. StatementThe judges must see the spit leave her mouth
  21. StatementOnly the judges must call out the closing words
  22. Proofרבי טרפון had everyone call out the words
  23. ConclusionHadran — Closing מצות חליצה