Yevamos 111b

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Yevamot 111b

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Two widows of different statuses, the halacha like רבי אלעזר on מיאון, a minor יבם, and when חליצה is forced

Overview

This amud finishes a משנה about a man who died and left two widows. The יבם had relations with one widow, and then he or his brother had relations with the other. Whether the first widow may stay depends on each woman's status: a קטנה, a חרשת, a פקחת or a גדולה. רבי אלעזר says a קטנה who would be disqualified is taught to do מיאון, and the גמרא rules like him and explains why that ruling was needed in two places. A new משנה then rules that a minor יבם stays with his יבמה. It also teaches when בית דין forces חליצה and when it only asks for it: when she says the marriage was never completed, and when she vowed not to benefit from him. The גמרא concludes that this משנה does not follow רבי מאיר. It then proves from פסוקים and from רבא's reasoning that a minor can do יבום. Finally, the גמרא asks which תנא holds the thirty-day rule. רבי יוחנן says רבי מאיר, and רבה begins to show it could even fit רבי יוסי, a point that continues on the next amud.

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1. StatementThe first wife stays, and the same is true for two deaf-mute widows
2. StatementMinor first, then deaf-mute: the minor is disqualified
3. StatementDeaf-mute first, then minor: the deaf-mute is disqualified
4. StatementCompetent woman first, then deaf-mute: the competent woman stays
5. StatementDeaf-mute first, then the competent wife
6. StatementAdult and minor: the adult came first
7. StatementAdult and minor: the minor came first
8. Statementרבי אלעזר: teach the minor to refuse
9. StatementThe הלכה follows רבי אלעזר
10. StatementWhy the ruling had to be said in both places
11. ConclusionThe other half of why the ruling was needed in both cases
12. StatementA minor יבם who lived with his יבמה
13. StatementA יבמה who says the marriage was never completed
14. StatementA יבמה who vowed not to benefit from her יבם
15. ChallengeIs our משנה against רבי מאיר?
16. Resolutionרבי מאיר only spoke about a minor with an adult
17. ChallengeBut the משנה lets an adult יבמה raise the minor
18. ResolutionAfter the fact is different
19. RejectionRaising him means living together again and again
20. ConclusionThe משנה is not like רבי מאיר
21. ChallengeA minor cannot build a name for his brother
22. ResolutionAny יבם at all counts
23. Resolutionרבא: Nothing in יבום is forbidden now and permitted later
24. Proofרב's rule: a יבמה unfit at the time of falling is forbidden forever
25. ChallengeMaybe a minor's יבמה really is forbidden forever
26. ResolutionEven a one-day-old brother is included in יבום
27. QuestionWhich תנא holds a man can hold back for thirty days?
28. Responseרבי יוחנן: It is רבי מאיר, as with a virginity claim
29. Statementרבי יוסי: If They Were Alone, the Claim Must Be Made Right Away
30. Responseרבה: The משנה Can Even Follow רבי יוסי