Yevamos 112a

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Yevamot 112a

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Topic

A יבמה who says the ייבום never happened: חליצה, גט, and the rival wife. Then whether a vow against all Jews also covers the יבם.

Overview

The amud opens with the last words of an answer from the previous page: in the first thirty days the יבם may simply be too shy with the יבמה, so her claim that nothing happened is believable. The גמרא asks why the court forces חליצה instead of forcing him to finish the ייבום. רב answers that he already gave her a גט. A ברייתא seems to challenge רב. רבי אמי and רב אשי each give a way to answer it. In a real case, רבא first rules that חליצה alone is enough. When רב שרביא quotes the ברייתא requiring a גט and חליצה, רבא accepts it. רב נחמן then rules that this woman's claim does not make her rival wife (צרה) forbidden. Next the גמרא turns to the woman who vows against her יבם. It quotes a משנה from נדרים about three claims that once let a wife leave with her כתובה, until the חכמים tightened the rules. That leads to a question: does the vow 'I am withdrawn from the Jews' also cover the יבם? רב says no, שמואל says yes, and אביי begins a proof for רב that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (18)

1. ResolutionHe may still be shy with her
2. ChallengeWhy force חליצה instead of forcing ייבום?
3. Resolutionרב: she already holds a גט from him
4. ChallengeA ברייתא with the same thirty-day rule
5. ChallengeThe ברייתא requires a גט, so she has none yet
6. Resolutionרבי אמי: She needs חליצה along with the גט she already has
7. Resolutionרב אשי: Two different kinds of גט
8. StatementA real case before רבא: he rules חליצה alone
9. Challengeרב שרביא quotes the ברייתא: she needs a גט and חליצה
10. Conclusionרבא accepts the ברייתא
11. QuestionWhat about her rival wife?
12. Responseרב נחמן: The rival wife is not forbidden
13. StatementBack to the vow case: the original ruling about three women
14. StatementThe חכמים change their minds, and why
15. ConclusionThe new, stricter rules for each of the three claims
16. QuestionDoes the vow against all Jews also cover the יבם?
17. Responseרב and שמואל disagree: is a יבם like a husband?
18. Proofאביי begins a proof for רב from our משנה