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Yevamos 14:3 - 14:4

The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, December 15, 2023 is Yevamos 14:3 - 14:4

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 14 Mishnah 3

יבמות פרק י"ד משנה ג׳

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The mishna continues: In a case where there were two deaf-mute brothers married to two deaf-mute sisters or to two halakhically competent sisters, or to two sisters, one of whom was a deaf-mute and the other one halakhically competent; or in a case where there were two deaf-mute sisters married to two halakhically competent brothers or to two deaf-mute brothers or to two brothers, one of whom was a deaf-mute and the other one halakhically competent, all these women are exempt from ḥalitza and from levirate marriage. Each of them is forbidden to her yavam because he is married to her sister. And if they were unrelated women, i.e., the women are not sisters, the men may marry them in levirate marriage, and if they want to divorce them later, they may divorce them.
שְׁנֵי אַחִים חֵרְשִׁים, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת חֵרְשׁוֹת, אוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, אוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, אַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת וְאַחַת פִּקַּחַת, אוֹ שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת חֵרְשׁוֹת נְשׂוּאוֹת לִשְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים, אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי אַחִים חֵרְשִׁין אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי אַחִין, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרוֹת מִן הַחֲלִיצָה וּמִן הַיִּבּוּם. וְאִם הָיוּ נָכְרִיּוֹת, יִכְנֹסוּ, וְאִם רָצוּ לְהוֹצִיא, יוֹצִיאוּ:
ג׳

הרי אלו פטורות – for since both of them are deaf-mute males or both of them are deaf-mute women, just as the betrothal for this one, so too is the betrothal for that one, and the betrothal of his wife occurs even though they are not complete and they annul/cancel the levirate relation, for she is not a complete levirate relationship.

יכנסו – for there is no removal of the shoe with a deaf-mute male and deaf-mute female which are not [considered applicable with] (Deuteronomy 25:7): “and she [his brother’s widow] shall declare, [‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name in Israel for his brother]’, (Deuteronomy 25:8), “[If he insists,] saying, ‘I don’t want to marry her’],” and afterwards if they want to put them away, they put them away with a Jewish bill of divorce, for a Jewish bill of divorce by intimation (i.e., sign-language), and remove the legal status of his marriage and the levirate relation of his brother through intimation (i.e., sign-language).

הרי אלו פטורות. דהואיל ושניהן חרשים או שתיהן חרשות, כקדושי זו כך קדושי זו, ואתו קדושין דאשתו אע״פ שאינן גמורים ומפקעי זיקת יבמתו שהרי אינה זיקה גמורה:

יכנסו. שאין חליצה בחרש וחרשת, שאינן בואמר ואמרה. ואח״כ אם רצו להוציא יוציא בגט, דאתי גט ברמיזה ומפקע נשואין דידיה וזיקת אחיו דהואי ברמיזה:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 14 Mishnah 4

יבמות פרק י"ד משנה ד׳

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However, if two brothers, one of whom is a deaf-mute and other one halakhically competent, were married to two halakhically competent sisters, and the deaf-mute married to the halakhically competent sister died, what should the halakhically competent brother married to the halakhically competent sister do? His brother’s wife is released without levirate marriage or ḥalitza, due to the prohibition with regard to a wife’s sister. If the halakhically competent brother married to the halakhically competent sister died, what should the deaf-mute brother married to the halakhically competent sister do? He divorces his wife with a bill of divorce, as his wife’s sister came before him for levirate marriage by Torah law, and the legal status of her marriage and her levirate marriage is higher than his own marriage, which applies only by rabbinic law. And his brother’s wife is forbidden to him forever, and there is no remedy for her. He cannot marry her, as by rabbinic law she is the sister of his ex-wife, nor can he exempt her by means of ḥalitza, as he is a deaf-mute.
שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מוֹצִיא אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט, וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו אֲסוּרָה לְעוֹלָם.
ד׳

מוציא את אשתו בגט – for the levirate relationship of his sister that comes on account of complete betrothal/Kiddshin prohibits her to him, for there is no power in his betrothal to push away the widow of the brother who died without children because of [the prohibition of] the his wife’s sister.

ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם – for a deaf-mute does not have his show removed and to marry is impossible because of [the prohibition of] his wife’s sister.

מוציא את אשתו בגט. דזיקת אחותה הבא מכח קדושין גמורים אוסרתה עליו, ואין כח בקדושין דידיה לדחות היבמה משום אחות אשתו:

ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם. דחרש לא חליץ. ולכנוס אי אפשר משום אחות אשה:

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