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Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 5 Mishnah 6

יבמות פרק ה׳ משנה ו׳

6

If he performed ḥalitza with one yevama and then proceeded to either perform levirate betrothal, give a bill of divorce, or engage in intercourse with a second yevama; alternatively, he engaged in intercourse with one yevama and then proceeded to perform levirate betrothal, or give a bill of divorce, or perform ḥalitza with a second yevama, nothing is effective after ḥalitza, whether the ḥalitza took place at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end. All of these halakhot accord with the opinion of Rabbi Akiva, who maintains betrothal does not take effect on a woman who is forbidden due to the prohibition against betrothing a yevama after ḥalitza. But with regard to intercourse, when it is at the beginning, i.e., the first act the yavam performed with his yevama, nothing is effective after it and any subsequent action is void. However, if it was performed in the middle, and similarly if it was performed at the end, i.e., after some other action that impairs the validity of his intercourse, something is effective after it. Rabbi Neḥemya says: Both with regard to intercourse and ḥalitza, whether performed at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end, nothing is effective after it. If the yavam performed a valid action according to Torah law, any subsequent action is of no consequence according to halakha.

חָלַץ וְעָשָׂה מַאֲמָר, נָתַן גֵּט וּבָעַל, אוֹ בָעַל וְעָשָׂה מַאֲמָר, וְנָתַן גֵּט וְחָלַץ, אֵין אַחַר חֲלִיצָה כְלוּם, בֵּין בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בָּאֶמְצַע, בֵּין בַּסּוֹף. וְהַבְּעִילָה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא בַתְּחִלָּה, אֵין אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם. בָּאֶמְצַע וּבַסּוֹף, יֵשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם. רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר, אַחַת בְּעִילָה וְאַחַת חֲלִיצָה, בֵּין בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בָּאֶמְצַע, בֵּין בַּסּוֹף, אֵין אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם:

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חלץ ועשה מאמר נתן גט ובעל – it refers to one levir and one widow whose husband died childless (i.e., Yevamah). And even though that this is taught above, [the Mishnah] teaches it again because of the concluding segment that is necessary to separate between an act of coition and Halitzah, for Halitzah, whether at the beginning, whether in the middle or whether at the end – there is nothing after it, and the act of intercourse especially at the time when it is at the beginning, and to teach us also the dispute of Rabbi Nehemiah and the Rabbis.

בין בתחלה בין באמצע – as, for example, [the delivery of] a Jewish bill of divorce to this one and performing Halitzah with that one, and then he went back and made a declaration of intention [to perform a levirate marriage] or with the woman who had the Jewish bill of divorce. The declaration of intention has no effect and we don’t require a Jewish bill of divorce to his declaration of intention [of desiring a levirate marriage].

בסוף – After a declaration of intention [to perform a levirate marriage] and a Jewish bill of divorce, he performed Halitzah, there is nothing after it, for it is a complete Halitzah but if he retracted made a declaration of intention [of levirate marriage] , it doesn’t require a Jewish bill of divorce because Halitzah is a complete Jewish divorce, and even though it is was a disqualified Halitzah.

הביאה באמצע – as in the case of a Jewish bill of divorce to this one and he performed an act of coition to the other woman and then he returned and made a declaration of intention with the third, he prohibited [to marry] her relatives.

בסוף – a Jewish bill of divorce to this one and a declaration of intention [to perform a levirate marriage] to that one, and then he retracted and came [upon her] on [the first, there is after this act of coition the levirate connection and when he releases her, he requires Halitzah and [the reception of] a Jewish bill of divorce is not enough for her.

אין אחריה כלום – and she leaves with a Jewish bill of divorce, without Halitzah, for if he retracted and betrothed to the other one after the act of coition, his deeds are not worth anything.

חלץ ועשה מאמר נתן גט ובעל. איבם אחד ויבמה אחת קאי. ואף על גב דתנא לעיל, הדר תניא הכא משום סיפא דבעי לאפלוגי בין ביאה לחליצה, דחליצה בין בתחלה בין באמצע בין בסוף אין אחריה כלום, והביאה דוקא בזמן שהיא בתחלה. ולאשמועינן נמי פלוגתא דר׳ נחמיה ורבנן:

בין בתחלה בין באמצע. כגון גט לזו וחלץ לזו וחזר ועשה בה מאמר או בבעלת הגט, לא מהני המאמר ולא בעינן גט למאמרו:

בסוף. אחר מאמר וגט חלץ:

אין אחריה כלום. וחליצה גמורה היא, ואי הדר ועביד מאמר לא בעיא גט, משום דחליצה גירושין גמורים נינהו, ואע״ג דהיא חליצה פסולה:

הביאה באמצע. כגון גט לזו ובעל לזו וחזר ועשה מאמר בשלישית, אסור בקרובותיה:

בסוף. גט לזו ומאמר לזו וחזר ובא (עליה) על [האחת], יש אחר ביאה זו זיקת יבמין, וכי מפיק לה בעי חליצה ולא סגי לה בגט:

אין אחריה כלום. ונפקא בגט בלא חליצה. ואי הדר וקידש לאידך אחר ביאה אין במעשיו כלום: