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Yevamos 3:3 - 3:4

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, November 1, 2023 is Yevamos 3:3 - 3:4

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 3 Mishnah 3

יבמות פרק ג׳ משנה ג׳

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If one of those women was forbidden to this one brother due to a prohibition against forbidden relations and the second woman was forbidden to that second brother due to a prohibition against forbidden relations, then she who is forbidden to this brother is permitted to that brother, and she who is forbidden to that brother is permitted to this one. And this is the case that was referred to when they said: When her sister is also her yevama, i.e., in a case where two sisters are also yevamot and therefore happened for levirate marriage before two brothers, she either performs ḥalitza or enters into levirate marriage. This must be referring to a case where each sister is forbidden to one of the brothers due to a prohibition concerning forbidden relatives. In this case, each sister has a levirate bond only with the one brother to whom she is permitted, and the prohibition against marrying the sister of a woman with whom one has a levirate bond does not apply. Therefore, each brother can either perform the act of ḥalitza or consummate the levirate marriage with the sister to whom he is not related.
הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶן אֲסוּרָה עַל זֶה אִסּוּר עֶרְוָה, וְהַשְּׁנִיָּה אֲסוּרָה עַל זֶה אִסּוּר עֶרְוָה, הָאֲסוּרָה לָזֶה מֻתֶּרֶת לָזֶה, וְהָאֲסוּרָה לָזֶה מֻתֶּרֶת לָזֶה. וְזוֹ הִיא שֶׁאָמְרוּ, אֲחוֹתָהּ כְּשֶׁהִיא יְבִמְתָּהּ, אוֹ חוֹלֶצֶת אוֹ מִתְיַבֶּמֶת:
ג׳

אחותו כשהיא יבמתו – her sister of a woman forbidden to a man on account of consanguinity, when she is his sister-in-law, the wife of her husband’s brother when she falls [with her] for levirate marriage.

או חולצת או מתיבמת – for she is not the sister of his levirate relation for there is no prohibition on account of consanguinity is not lying before him (see also Tractate Yevamot, Chapter 2, Mishnah 3).

אחותה כשהיא יבמתה. אחותה של ערוה כשהיא יבמתה אשת אחי בעלה, כשנופלת עמה ליבום:

או חולצת או מתיבמת. דלאו אחות זקוקתו, היא דערוה לא רמיא קמיה:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 3 Mishnah 4

יבמות פרק ג׳ משנה ד׳

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In the case of three brothers, two of whom were married to close relatives, e.g., two sisters; or a woman and her daughter; or a woman and her daughter’s daughter; or a woman and her son’s daughter, if the two brothers who were married to two close relatives died and their wives happened before a third brother for levirate marriage, then these two women must perform ḥalitza and may not enter into levirate marriage, as each of them is a relative of a woman with whom he has a levirate bond. And Rabbi Shimon exempts them even from the obligation to perform ḥalitza. If one of them was forbidden to him, the third brother, due to a prohibition against forbidden relatives, then he is prohibited from marrying her but is permitted to marry her sister. Because the woman who is forbidden to him is not considered to be a woman who requires him for levirate marriage, there is only one woman who happens before him for levirate marriage. However, if one of the women was forbidden due to a prohibition resulting from a mitzva or a prohibition stemming from sanctity, then they must perform ḥalitza and may not enter into levirate marriage. This is because these prohibitions do not completely cancel the levirate bond.
שְׁלֹשָׁה אַחִין, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶן נְשׂוּאִין שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, אוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ, אוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבַת בִּתָּהּ, אוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבַת בְּנָהּ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פּוֹטֵר. הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶן אֲסוּרָה עָלָיו אִסּוּר עֶרְוָה, אָסוּר בָּהּ וּמֻתָּר בַּאֲחוֹתָהּ. אִסּוּר מִצְוָה אוֹ אִסּוּר קְדֻשָּׁה, חוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת:
ד׳

ור"ש פוטר – (see Tractate Yevamot 28b) – the reason of Rabbi Shimon as it is written (Leviticus 18:18): “Do not marry a woman as a rival to her sister [and uncover her nakedness in the other’s lifetime],” at the time that they are made rival/co-wives to each other, such as the example of here, where both of them are levirate relations to him for levirate marriage. You should not have a legal acquisition neither to this one nor to that one, and the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

ור״ש פוטר. טעמא דר״ש, דכתיב (ויקרא י״ח:י״ח) ואשה אל אחותה לא תקח לצרור, בשעה שנעשו צרות זו לזו, כגון הכא ששתיהן זקוקות לו ליבום, לא יהא לך לקוחין לא בזו ולא בזו. ואין הלכה כרבי שמעון:

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