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Yevamos 13:12 - 13:13

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, December 13, 2023 is Yevamos 13:12 - 13:13

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 13 Mishnah 12

יבמות פרק י"ג משנה י"ב

12
If a minor yavam engaged in sexual intercourse with a minor yevama, they should grow up together, living as a married couple. He may not divorce her, as he is a minor. If he engaged in sexual intercourse with an adult yevama, she should raise him, i.e., they must stay married, as there is no way for him to divorce her until he reaches majority. When a yevama said within thirty days of her marriage: I have not engaged in sexual intercourse with him, the court forces him to perform ḥalitza with her. If she said this after thirty days but he claimed that he had engaged in sexual intercourse, the court asks him to perform ḥalitza with her, as there are grounds to believe him. And when he admits that he did not engage in intercourse with her, even after twelve months, the court forces him to perform ḥalitza with her.
יָבָם קָטָן שֶׁבָּא עַל יְבָמָה קְטַנָּה, יִגְדְּלוּ זֶה עִם זֶה. בָּא עַל יְבָמָה גְדוֹלָה, תְּגַדְּלֶנּוּ. הַיְבָמָה שֶׁאָמְרָה בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, לֹא נִבְעָלְתִּי, כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, מְבַקְשִׁים הֵימֶנּוּ שְׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁהוּא מוֹדֶה, אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָהּ:
י"ב

יגדלו זה עם זה – and he is not able to divorce her until he grows up, for the Jewish divorce bill of a minor is not a Jewish divorce bill.

היבמה שאמרה בתוך שלשים יום – that the levir took her in marriage, I have not had sexual relations with the levir and he states, “I had sexual relations with you,” and it is enough for you with a Jewish bill of divorce, they force him to perform Halitzah for she is believed that up to thirty days, we establish that a person sustains himself and doesn’t engage in sexual intercourse.

לאחר שלשים יום – he is believed that a person does not restrain himself without sexual intercourse for more than thirty days [after his marriage] (see Talmud Yevamot 111b). But, however, she is not permitted and considers herself a piece [of meat] and she is forbidden and requires Halitzah and we request of hi that he perform Halitzah but we don’t for him, for he stated that he had sexual intercourse [with her]. That we force him to perform Halitzah is within thirty days and we request of him to perform Halitzah after thirty days, and we don’t force him and we request that he perform levirate marriage. The Gemara (Tractate Yevamot 112a) establishes such as the example that the Jewish bill divorce leaves from under her hand, for since he gave the Jewish bill of divorce to his levirate relation, she was invalidated to him; but, however, she requires Halizah to make her permissible to the world. But if she herself said, “I had sexual intercourse [with him]” and he states that “I did not have sexual intercourse [with her],” we don’t suspect his words, and she does not require Halitzah.

יגדלו זה עם זה. ואינו יכול לגרשה עד שיגדיל דגט קטן אינו גט:

היבמה שאמרה בתוך שלשים יום. שכנסה היבם, לא נבעלתי ליבם, והוא אומר בעלתיך ודייך בגט, כופין אותו לחלוץ דהיא נאמנת, דעד תלתין יומין מוקי אינש נפשיה ולא בעיל:

לאחר שלשים יום. הוא נאמן, דלא מוקי איניש נפשיה מלבעול יותר משלשים יום. ומיהו איהי לא משתריא, דשויתה אנפשה חתיכה דאיסורא ובעיא חליצה, ומבקשים ממנו שיחלוץ, אבל לא כופין, דהא הוא אומר שבעל. והא דכופין אותו לחלוץ תוך ל׳ יום ומבקשין אותו לחלוץ לאחר ל׳ יום ואין כופין ומבקשים לייבם, מוקי בגמרא כגון שגט יוצא מתחת ידה, שכיון שנתן גט לזיקתו נפסלה עליו, ומיהו בעיא חליצה למשרייה לעלמא. ואי אמרה היא נבעלתי והוא אומר לא בעלתי, אין חוששים לדבריו ולא בעיא חליצה:

Mishnah 2

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

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:

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