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Yevamos 109b

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Yevamot 109b

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Topic

The three things to cling to and to avoid, the meaning of תוקע עצמו לדבר הלכה, and רבן גמליאל's reason about a minor's קידושין and her sister the יבמה.

Overview

The גמרא finishes explaining a ברייתא about three things to cling to and three things to stay away from. רבי אבהו shows from the word 'pursue' that pursuing peace is a great מצוה. רבי נתן's teaching explains why annulling vows is praised. Next the גמרא gives a short reason for avoiding מיאונין, פקדונות from a fellow townsman, and ערבי שלציון. רבי יצחק reads a פסוק as warning about those who accept converts, ערבי שלציון, and one who is תוקע עצמו לדבר הלכה. The גמרא explains that last phrase in several ways: through רבי יוסי's teaching about Torah without doing, or as a judge who compares cases instead of asking his teacher. Then the גמרא returns to the משנה and asks רב for רבן גמליאל's reason. רב answers that the minor's קידושין become complete only after relations once she is an adult. רב ששת challenges this, רבין defends it, and the גמרא then points to another ruling of רב that seems to contradict it. The discussion of that contradiction continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְאָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ:

And Rabbi Abahu said:

אָתְיָא ״רְדִיפָה״ ״רְדִיפָה״.

It is learned from 'pursuit' and 'pursuit.'

כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״בַּקֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם וְרׇדְפֵהוּ״,

It is written here: 'Seek peace and pursue it,'

וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״רוֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד

and it is written there: 'One who pursues righteousness and kindness

The steps (25)

  1. StatementPursuing peace is learned from the word 'pursue'
  2. StatementAnnulling vows is good, following רבי נתן
  3. StatementStay away from refusals
  4. StatementStay away from deposits from a fellow townsman
  5. StatementStay away from a special kind of guarantee
  6. Proofרבי יצחק: evil after evil for three types of people
  7. StatementAccepting converts follows רבי חלבו
  8. StatementWhat ערבי שלציון do
  9. Statementרבי יוסי: one who says he has no Torah
  10. ChallengeThat is obvious
  11. ResolutionCorrected reading: one who has only Torah
  12. ChallengeThe corrected reading is also obvious
  13. ResolutionHe does not even have Torah
  14. QuestionWhy does his learning not count?
  15. ResponseLearning and doing go together
  16. ResolutionNo reward even when others act on his teaching
  17. StatementA judge who compares cases instead of asking
  18. ProofA judge must feel a sword and גיהנם
  19. StatementQuoting רבן גמליאל's opinion from the משנה
  20. Questionרבי אלעזר asks רב for רבן גמליאל's reason, with two possible options
  21. Responseרב answers: the reason is that betrothing the יבמה's sister releases her, but only once relations take place
  22. Challengeרב ששת says רב must have said this while half-asleep
  23. ProofA ברייתא shows that a minor's betrothal becomes complete when she grows up
  24. Rejectionרבין explains 'suspended' as depending on relations
  25. Challengeרב's own ruling seems to contradict this