Yevamos 117a

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Yevamot 117a

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Topic

Her כתובה and the יבם's inheritance based on her testimony, and which women may not testify that her husband died

Overview

This amud opens at the end of a משנה about a woman who says her husband died. בית הלל argued that her word should not get her the money of her כתובה. בית שמאי answered from the wording of the כתובה, and בית הלל changed their minds. In the גמרא, רב חסדא adds that a יבם who married her based on her word also inherits his brother's property, learning this from the פסוק 'יקום על שם אחיו'. רב נחמן teaches that how she words her request in בית דין matters: if she asks to remarry, she is believed and collects. If she asks only for her כתובה, she is not believed at all. Mixed requests end in תיקו. A new משנה lists five women who may not testify that her husband died, because they may hate her. The גמרא asks about her father-in-law's daughter and compares this list with a list of seven, which follows רבי יהודה. Last, it asks about a future mother-in-law through יבום, and this question continues on the next amud.

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The steps (26)

1. Rejectionבית הלל: The brothers do not inherit based on her word
2. Resolutionבית שמאי: Learn it from the wording of the כתובה
3. Conclusionבית הלל change their ruling
4. Statementרב חסדא: The יבם inherits based on her word
5. ProofIf they learned from a כתובה, we can learn from the תורה
6. ProofThe פסוק: He shall succeed in his brother's name
7. StatementWhat she asks for decides whether she is believed
8. QuestionWhy asking for money ruins her testimony
9. QuestionShe asks to remarry first, then for the כתובה
10. QuestionShe asks for the כתובה first, then to remarry
11. ConclusionThe questions stay unresolved
12. StatementFive women who cannot testify that her husband died
13. StatementWhy a divorce document is different from death testimony
14. QuestionIs the father-in-law's daughter also suspected?
15. QuestionThe other side: resentment over the family's food
16. ProofProof from the count of five women
17. RejectionBoth daughters may count as one category
18. ChallengeA source that lists seven women
19. ResolutionThe seven-women list follows רבי יהודה
20. ChallengeThe חכמים say the two are already included
21. Resolutionרבי יהודה: the hatred is not mutual
22. ChallengeThen why does רבי יהודה add them at all?
23. ResolutionA different reason: she reports everything
24. ResolutionThe חכמים: hatred always comes back
25. Rejectionרבי יהודה: that פסוק is about תורה
26. QuestionWhat about a mother-in-law who comes later?