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Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 13 Mishnah 13

יבמות פרק י"ג משנה י"ג

13

If a woman vows during her husband’s lifetime to derive no benefit from her yavam, the court forces him to perform ḥalitza with her as it is forbidden for her to engage in sexual intercourse with him to consummate the levirate marriage. If she vowed after the death of her husband to derive no benefit from her yavam, the court asks him to perform ḥalitza with her. And if she intended to do so, i.e., she had an ulterior motive of avoiding levirate marriage when she vowed, even if she made the vow during her husband’s lifetime, the court merely asks him to perform ḥalitza with her.

הַנּוֹדֶרֶת הֲנָאָה מִיְבָמָהּ בְּחַיֵּי בַעְלָהּ, כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר מִיתַת בַּעְלָהּ, מְבַקְשִׁין הֵימֶנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ. וְאִם נִתְכַּוְּנָה לְכָךְ, אֲפִלּוּ בְחַיֵּי בַעְלָהּ, מְבַקְשִׁין הֵימֶנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ:

י"ג
Bartenura

הנודרת הנאה מיבמה בחיי בעלה כופין אותו שיחלוץ לה – she did not intend that her husband should die, and that she would fall before him (i.e., the levir) for levirate marriage, and she takes her Ketubah [settlement]. But, after the death of her husband, she rebels and we establish that we write a document stating the wife’s refusal of duties on the sister-in-law waiting for the levir to act and we requires of him to perform Halitzah and to give her Ketubah if he desires, but if he doesn’t want to perform Halitzah and she rebels against him, and she comes to lose her Ketubah [settlement], we force him to perform Halitzah.

הנודרת הנאה מיבמה בחיי בעלה כופין אותו שיחלוץ לה. דלא אסקא דעתה שימות בעלה ותפול לפניו ליבום, ונוטלת כתובתה:

אבל לאחר מיתת בעלה. הויא מורדת, וקיימא לן כותבין אגרת מרד על שומרת יבם:

מבקשים ממנו לחלוץ. ויתן כתובתה אם ירצה, ואם לא רצה לחלוץ והיא מורדת בו ובאה להפסיד כתובתה, כופין אותו לחלוץ: