Yevamos 35a

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Yevamot 35a

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Topic

The three-month waiting period: minors, converts and freed maidservants, רבי יוסי's reasoning, and the meaning of 'כהנות' in the משנה of switched brides

Overview

The three-month waiting period before a woman remarries exists so that, if she turns out to be pregnant, we know who the father is. The amud opens by saying the רבנן made even a קטנה wait, because of a גדולה. The גמרא challenges this from the משנה about switched brides, where minors went straight back to their husbands. It answers that switched brides are rare, and the רבנן do not make a גזרה for rare cases. A second version of שמואל's teaching then says a קטנה does not wait at all, because זנות with a minor is rare. It also exempts an adult גיורת and משוחררת, and the גמרא explains that שמואל follows רבי יוסי against רבי יהודה. רבה says רבי יוסי assumes such a woman used an absorbent. אביי rejects this from the case of a maidservant freed suddenly through שן ועין, and from the case of an אנוסה. Instead, אביי explains that the woman turns over to avoid pregnancy, while רבי יהודה worries she did not turn over well enough. Finally, the גמרא works out the משנה's word 'כהנות'. רבא explains it as daughters of כהנים married to ישראלים, who lose their right to eat תרומה in their father's house. The amud closes with the הדרן for פרק אַרְבָּעָה אַחִין.

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The steps (22)

1. ResolutionThe Rabbis made minors wait because of adults
2. ChallengeChallenge from the משנה about switched brides
3. ResolutionThe משנה was a one-time ruling
4. ChallengeDid it really happen?
5. ResolutionLike a one-time ruling: switching is rare
6. StatementAnother version of שמואל's teaching
7. QuestionWhich case does שמואל mean?
8. ResponseThe case is זנות, which is rare for a minor
9. ChallengeWhy not make converts and freed maidservants wait?
10. Resolutionשמואל follows רבי יוסי
11. Statementרבה explains רבי יוסי's reason
12. Challengeאביי asks about a maidservant freed suddenly
13. Rejectionרבי יוסי does not agree in sudden cases
14. Resolutionאביי's new reason: she turns over
15. QuestionWhat about רבי יהודה?
16. ResponseMaybe she did not turn over well
17. ChallengeWhy does the משנה say only 'daughters of priests'?
18. ResolutionRead it as 'wives of priests'
19. ChallengeWives of priests, but not wives of Israelites?
20. ChallengeProof that a ישראל's wife is also disqualified
21. Resolutionרבא: daughters of כהנים married to ישראלים
22. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק אַרְבָּעָה אַחִין