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Yevamos 52b

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Yevamot 52b

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Topic

A גט written for a יבמה, whether זיקה and מאמר are one tie, and קידושין after חליצה (רבי עקיבא, רבי and the חכמים)

Overview

This amud opens by finishing a rule: a גט written for a woman with no tie to the man is worthless. Two questions follow, and both end in תיקו. רמי בר חמא asks whether a גט written for one's יבמה counts like one written for an ארוסה. רב חנניה asks whether a גט can cancel only the זיקה or only the מאמר, and a proof from רבא is turned away. Next, רב יהודה in the name of רב says the משנה's rule that nothing works after חליצה follows רבי עקיבא. The גמרא challenges this from the משנה's case of a גט followed by a מאמר. רב אשי answers that a גט to a יבמה forbids her only מדרבנן. ברייתות then show רבי's view: קידושין after חליצה work for ordinary marriage but not for the sake of יבום, while the חכמים say she needs a גט either way. רב יוסף, אביי and רבא each explain this argument differently, and רבא's explanation continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וּלְאִשָּׁה בְּעָלְמָא —

But for an ordinary woman —

אֵין גֵּט,

it is not a valid bill of divorce,

מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין בְּיָדוֹ לְגָרְשָׁהּ.

because it is not in his power to divorce her.

בָּעֵי רָמֵי בַּר חָמָא:

Rami bar Chama asked:

The steps (20)

  1. StatementA divorce document for an unconnected woman is worthless
  2. QuestionIs a divorce document written for one's widowed sister-in-law valid?
  3. ConclusionThe question stays unresolved
  4. QuestionCan a divorce cancel just the bond or just the betrothal?
  5. ProofTrying to answer from רבא's ruling
  6. Rejectionרבא was sure, but רב חנניה was not
  7. Conclusionרב חנניה's question stays open
  8. StatementThe rule that nothing works after חליצה follows רבי עקיבא
  9. ChallengeDoes the earlier case of the משנה fit רבי עקיבא?
  10. Proofרבי עקיבא says a גט forbids the יבמה forever
  11. ResolutionThe גט for a יבמה is only מדרבנן
  12. ProofA baraita supports רב יהודה's reading
  13. Statementרבי's distinction: betrothal for marriage versus for יבום
  14. StatementAnother ברייתא: רבי and the חכמים argue about קידושין after חליצה
  15. Statementרב יוסף explains רבי's reason with the case of hoeing a convert's land
  16. Challengeאביי rejects רב יוסף's comparison
  17. Resolutionאביי's new explanation: the case is מאמר יבמין, which rests on the זיקה
  18. ResolutionThe חכמים's side: the מאמר stands on its own
  19. Resolutionרבא: With the words of levirate betrothal, everyone agrees it works
  20. Resolutionרבא: The argument is when he said 'with the levirate bond'