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Yevamos 8b

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Yevamot 8b

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Topic

Where the צרה of an ערוה is forbidden (only in יבום) and why, from ויקרא 18:18 and from רבי's reading of ולקחה and ויבמה.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a point: the extra word עליה in ויקרא 18:18 teaches that the צרה of an ערוה is forbidden only in a case of יבום, and is permitted otherwise. רמי בר חמא asks רבא why the ערוה herself shouldn't also be permitted outside of יבום. רבא's קל וחומר is knocked down by a צרה תוכיח. His source from בחייה is then shown to be needed for the case of a divorced wife. So רב הונא בר תחליפא, quoting רבא, brings a new source: the פסוק hints at two women (לצרור) and at one woman (לגלות ערותה). Where there is a מצוה of יבום both are forbidden, and otherwise only the ערוה is forbidden. The word עליה shows which way to split the two hints, and רב כהנא defends this against רב אשי's reverse reading. The גמרא then turns to רבי, who learns the rules of צרות and עריות from the extra 'her' in ולקחה and ויבמה. It checks how רבי and the רבנן each use the words of the פסוקים, ending with רבי using עליה for a ברייתא about the קרבן of a בית דין and the כהן משיח.

Opening lines

לְמִישְׁרֵי צָרָה שֶׁלֹּא בִּמְקוֹם מִצְוָה.

to permit a co-wife where there is no mitzvah [of יבום].

מַאי טַעְמָא —

What is the reason?

אָמַר קָרָא ״עָלֶיהָ״:

The verse says: "with her."

בִּמְקוֹם ״עָלֶיהָ״ הוּא דַּאֲסִירָא,

Where "with her" applies, that is where she is forbidden;

The steps (25)

  1. ResponseThe word עליה permits a צרה outside of יבום
  2. QuestionAsking how עליה teaches this
  3. ResponseForbidden only where 'with her' applies
  4. ChallengeShould the forbidden relative herself also be permitted outside יבום?
  5. ResolutionA קל וחומר keeps the forbidden relative forbidden
  6. RejectionThe צרה proves the קל וחומר wrong
  7. Resolutionבחייה keeps the sister forbidden in every case
  8. ChallengeIsn't בחייה needed for after the wife's death?
  9. ResolutionAfter death is learned from 'a woman to her sister'
  10. Challengeבחייה is still needed for the case of divorce
  11. ResolutionA new source: two hints in one פסוק
  12. ChallengeWhy not flip the cases?
  13. ResolutionThe word עליה decides it
  14. ChallengeMaybe עליה comes to permit
  15. ResolutionYour reading leaves no case for 'one woman'
  16. Statementרבי's teaching from the extra word 'her'
  17. ChallengeWhere is a צרה mentioned, and isn't it learned elsewhere?
  18. Resolutionרבי uses לצרור for רבי שמעון's teaching
  19. Resolution'Her' means: permitted only when he has a choice
  20. ResolutionA צרה is forbidden only where יבום applies
  21. QuestionWhat do the רבנן learn from וּלְקָחָהּ?
  22. ResponseThe רבנן use these words for רבי יוסי בר חנינא's teaching
  23. ResponseWhere רבי learns these two laws
  24. QuestionWhat does רבי learn from עָלֶיהָ?
  25. Responseרבי needs עָלֶיהָ for a ברייתא about בית דין and the כהן משיח