Yevamos 107b

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Yevamot 107b

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Topic

מיאון by a minor: refusing the זיקה, refusing one יבם, the בית שמאי and בית הלל rules for how מיאון is done, and which minor needs מיאון

Overview

The amud opens by asking whether a minor יבמה can use מיאון to cancel the זיקה. One view says she can undo the יבם's own acts but not the bond the תורה places on her. עולא says she can, because her refusal uproots the first marriage. רבא challenges עולא from the case of a צרת ערוה. The גמרא answers with a rabbinic rule about how she looked at the time of נפילה. רב, שמואל, רב אסי and רבי יוחנן then argue whether refusing one יבם forbids her to his brothers or even to him. Next the גמרא goes through the משנה's disputes between בית שמאי and בית הלל: whether the husband must be present (the story of פישון הגמל), how many people must be there (the הלכה is that two are enough), and why she would refuse twice. A new משנה asks which minor needs מיאון at all, with views based on consent, maturity, and whether the holdup comes from the man. The גמרא begins by describing the original long wording of a written refusal, and the shorter wording comes on the next amud.

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The steps (39)

1. ChallengeYet she can undo the יבם's acts
2. ResolutionNew reason: his acts versus the Torah's bond
3. Statementעולא: she can refuse even the bond
4. Challengeרבא challenges עולא from the rival wife
5. ResolutionA rival wife of an ערוה is different
6. Proofרמי בר יחזקאל: refusing the יבם forbids her to his father
7. ConclusionWhat she looked like at the time of falling
8. Statementרב: refusing one יבם forbids her to the other
9. ProofExplaining the comparison to a divorce
10. Statementשמואל: Refusing one יבם does not forbid the other
11. RejectionWhy מיאון is different from a גט
12. Statementרב אסי: She is permitted even to the יבם she refused
13. QuestionDoes רב אסי follow רבי אושעיא?
14. RejectionNo: with two brothers, she cannot refuse half a זיקה
15. Statementרבי יוחנן: She is permitted to the brothers, but others disagreed
16. QuestionWho disagreed with רבי יוחנן?
17. ResponseThree answers: רב, רבי אושעיא, or רב אסי
18. StatementBack to the משנה: Must מיאון be in the husband's presence?
19. Challengeבית הלל's challenge: The case of פישון הגמל
20. Resolutionבית שמאי: פישון was a special case, measure for measure
21. ChallengePishon's wife was married, so how could she refuse according to בית שמאי?
22. ResolutionPishon was punished in two ways
23. StatementRefusal before a court, and a משנה that requires three
24. QuestionWhose view is the משנה that requires three?
25. Responseרבה: it is בית שמאי
26. Responseאביי: it can even be בית הלל
27. ProofA ברייתא: both sides agree three are needed
28. StatementTwo תנאים allow a refusal before two
29. ConclusionThe הלכה follows that pair
30. Statementבית שמאי: she refuses, then waits and refuses again
31. ChallengeWhy refuse twice?
32. Resolutionשמואל: she confirms her first refusal when she grows up
33. Resolutionעולא reads בית שמאי as two separate options
34. ChallengeThe משנה's wording fits עולא better than שמואל
35. StatementNew משנה: which minor girl needs to refuse
36. Statementרבי חנינא בן אנטיגנוס: a girl too young to guard her קידושין
37. Statementרבי אלעזר: a minor's marriage is nothing, so תרומה follows her father
38. Statementרבי אליעזר בן יעקב: It depends on whether the holdup comes from the man
39. StatementThe original long wording of the refusal document