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Yevamos 92a

יבמות צ״ב ע״א

Yevamot 92a

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Topic

Court permission to remarry (הוראה or טעות), and children of a woman misinformed about her husband's and son's deaths

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a point of רב אשי's: once a woman has remarried with the court's approval, a later rumor does not make her forbidden. The גמרא then takes up the משנה's rule that a woman who remarried על פי בית דין must leave but brings no קרבן. זעירי rejects this and says the court's permission was a טעות, not a הוראה. רב נחמן says it is a הוראה, and רבא and a ברייתא of רבי אליעזר support the טעות side. Next the גמרא explains what קלקלה means and brings a ברייתא backing רבי יוחנן, along with an argument over how many קרבנות she brings. A new משנה follows about a woman told the wrong order of her husband's and son's deaths, and it rules on when her children are ממזרים. The משנה also teaches that a גט from a man whose קידושין never took effect does not forbid her to a כהן. The גמרא explains the משנה's 'first and last' wording and brings a ברייתא saying the משנה follows רבי עקיבא. The amud ends as רב יהודה begins a statement that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

כֹּל קָלָא דְּבָתַר נִשּׂוּאִין לָא חָיְישִׁינַן!

Any rumor that comes after marriage, we are not concerned about!

מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא:

Lest you say:

הוֹאִיל וַאֲתַאי לְבֵי דִינָא וּשְׁרֵינַן,

Since she came to the court and we permitted her,

כְּקָלָא דְּקַמֵּי נִשּׂוּאִין דָּמֵי וְתִיתְּסַר,

it is like a rumor before marriage, and she should be forbidden,

The steps (28)

  1. ChallengeIsn't it obvious that we ignore rumors after marriage?
  2. ResolutionThe court case might have made it seem like a rumor before marriage
  3. StatementQuoting the משנה about remarrying by court permission
  4. Statementזעירי rejects the משנה: it was a mistake, not a ruling
  5. Statementרב נחמן disagrees: it is a ruling
  6. Proofרב נחמן's proof: one witness is believed here
  7. Proofרבא's proof: it is a mistake
  8. ProofIn marriage the court keeps switching back and forth
  9. Proofרבי אליעזר also holds it is a mistake
  10. RejectionMaybe רבי אליעזר makes everyone who follows a court bring an offering
  11. ResolutionThe strong wording shows this case is special
  12. QuestionWhat does "ruined herself" mean?
  13. ResponseTwo explanations: forbidden relations or a forbidden marriage
  14. StatementWhat each opinion includes
  15. QuestionWhy no קרבן for relations outside marriage
  16. Response'You made me single'
  17. ProofA ברייתא supports רבי יוחנן
  18. StatementOne קרבן or many
  19. StatementNew משנה: husband and son, reported in the wrong order
  20. StatementWrongful יבום: every child is a ממזר
  21. StatementMarried while the husband was alive, and he died later
  22. StatementOnly betrothed to the second man: she may go back, and his גט does not forbid her to a כהן
  23. Proofרבי אלעזר בן מתיא's source from the פסוק
  24. ChallengeWhy does the משנה say 'first and last' if both are ממזרים?
  25. ResolutionThe wording matches the next case
  26. StatementA ברייתא says the משנה follows רבי עקיבא
  27. ChallengeWhy don't the חכמים state a broader rule?
  28. ResolutionThe חכמים are really another report of רבי עקיבא's view