Yevamos 19b

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Yevamot 19b

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Topic

How a ברייתא about a brother born after יבום or מאמר shows the limits of רבי שמעון's view, plus the dispute over מאמר done against the woman's will

Overview

This amud finishes a ברייתא about brothers, יבום, and a new brother born along the way. It proves from the ברייתא's wording that רבי שמעון disagrees with רבי מאיר only when the יבום happened before the new brother was born, just as רב פפא said. The גמרא then explains a line about a brother who 'did not manage' to do מאמר. It means he did מאמר against the woman's will, which counts for nothing according to the חכמים, who disagree with רבי. רבי learns מאמר from the act of יבום, which works even against her will. The חכמים learn it from ordinary קידושין, which need her consent. Next the גמרא pins down that רבי שמעון's view in the מאמר case applies only when the מאמר came before the birth. It also explains why חליצה with the woman who received מאמר cannot free her צרה: a doubt cannot remove a certainty. Finally, רב מנשה בר זביד's question turns out to be about the רבנן's reason. They learn from a פסוק that the first levirate bond stays on her. The amud ends as the גמרא starts a challenge to that from a משנה, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (25)

1. Statementרבי שמעון on ביאה, חליצה, and the woman who received מאמר
2. StatementCases where both women are fully exempt
3. Statementרבי מאיר and רבי שמעון argue when the brother is born after the יבום
4. QuestionWho was the last section written for?
5. ChallengeIt cannot be for רבי מאיר, who treats both orders the same
6. ConclusionSo it is for רבי שמעון, who disagrees only when יבום came first
7. StatementQuoting the case of the unfinished מאמר
8. ChallengeWhat do 'set out' and 'did not manage' mean?
9. ResolutionHe did מאמר, but against her will
10. StatementThe dispute about מאמר without consent
11. Responseרבי learns from יבום itself
12. ResponseThe רבנן learn from regular betrothal
13. ResponseThe root of the dispute
14. StatementThe ברייתא's case of מאמר and a brother born later
15. Statementרבי שמעון: one act frees the other wife
16. QuestionWhich case is רבי שמעון talking about?
17. RejectionIt cannot be the case where the birth came first
18. ResponseHe argues where the מאמר came first
19. Statementחליצה with the בעלת מאמר does not free the צרה
20. ResponseA ספק cannot remove a ודאי
21. Questionרב מנשה בר זביד asks for רבי שמעון's reason
22. ChallengeWhy ask? The reason is written in the ברייתא
23. ResolutionThe real question was about the רבנן's reason
24. ResponseThe verse shows the first levirate bond remains
25. ChallengeChallenge from the משנה that she is like his wife in every way