Yevamos 92b

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Yevamot 92b

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Topic

Does קידושין from an outsider take effect on a יבמה? The views of רב and שמואל, רב's statement about קידושין and נשואין, and the sages' vote with its proof from a משנה.

Overview

רב learns from a פסוק that if an outside man does קידושין with a יבמה, it does not take effect at all. שמואל is unsure what the פסוק means, so to be safe he says she needs a גט. אמימר rules like שמואל. The גמרא then works out the practical result so that the sinner does not gain: when the יבם is a regular ישראל, the outsider gives a גט and she stays permitted to the יבם. A second statement of רב, that a יבמה has no קידושין but does have נשואין, is challenged, and the גמרא gives three ways to explain it. רבי ינאי reports that the sages voted that קידושין does not take effect on a יבמה. רבי יוחנן supports this from a משנה, and רבי ינאי praises the find. ריש לקיש argues that the משנה might follow only רבי עקיבא. The גמרא pushes back, citing רבי עקיבא's view that a person can transfer something not yet in existence, and begins quoting a משנה that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (18)

1. Statementרב: betrothal does not take effect on a יבמה
2. Statementשמואל: she needs a get
3. StatementExplaining שמואל's doubt about the verse
4. Conclusionאמימר rules like שמואל
5. Statementרב אשי: if the יבם is a כהן
6. ChallengeObjection: a sinner would gain
7. ResolutionCorrected rule: if the יבם is a regular ישראל
8. Statementרב: a יבמה has no betrothal but does have marriage
9. ChallengeIf betrothal fails, marriage should fail too
10. ResolutionFix the wording: neither betrothal nor marriage applies
11. ResolutionSecond answer: 'marriage' means forbidden relations
12. ResolutionThird answer: marriage needs a גט so people won't confuse cases
13. Statementרבי ינאי: the sages voted that betrothal does not work on a יבמה
14. Challengeרבי יוחנן: isn't this already in a משנה?
15. Resolutionרבי ינאי: without me lifting the shard, you would not have found the pearl
16. Rejectionריש לקיש: the משנה might be only רבי עקיבא's view
17. ChallengeIf it follows רבי עקיבא, the betrothal should work after the חליצה
18. Proofרבי עקיבא holds a person can transfer something not yet in existence