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Yevamos 6:4 - 6:5

The Mishnah Yomi for Thursday, November 16, 2023 is Yevamos 6:4 - 6:5

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 6 Mishnah 4

יבמות פרק ו׳ משנה ד׳

4
A High Priest may not marry a widow, whether she is a widow from betrothal or a widow from marriage. And he may not marry a grown woman. He may marry only a minor or a young woman. Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon declare a grown woman fit to marry a High Priest. And he may not marry a woman whose hymen was torn accidentally. If a priest betrothed a widow and was subsequently appointed to be High Priest, he may marry her. And there was an incident with Yehoshua ben Gamla, who betrothed Marta bat Baitos, a widow, and the king subsequently appointed him to be High Priest, and he nevertheless married her. Conversely, in the case of a widow waiting for her yavam who happened before a common priest, i.e., the priest was her yavam, and he was subsequently appointed to be High Priest, then even if he had already performed levirate betrothal with her, he may not marry her, because she is a widow. A High Priest whose brother died without children performs ḥalitza and he does not perform levirate marriage, as he may not marry a widow.
כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל לֹא יִשָּׂא אַלְמָנָה, בֵּין אַלְמָנָה מִן הָאֵרוּסִין, בֵּין אַלְמָנָה מִן הַנִּשּׂוּאִין, וְלֹא יִשָּׂא אֶת הַבּוֹגֶרֶת. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מַכְשִׁירִין בְּבוֹגֶרֶת. לֹא יִשָּׂא אֶת מֻכַּת עֵץ. אֵרֵס אֶת הָאַלְמָנָה, וְנִתְמַנָּה לִהְיוֹת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, יִכְנֹס. וּמַעֲשֶׂה בִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן גַּמְלָא שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אֶת מָרְתָא בַת בַּיְתוֹס, וּמִנָּהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ לִהְיוֹת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, וּכְנָסָהּ. שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם שֶׁנָּפְלָה לִפְנֵי כֹהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, וְנִתְמַנָּה לִהְיוֹת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָשָׂה בָהּ מַאֲמָר, הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא יִכְנֹס. כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁמֵּת אָחִיו, חוֹלֵץ וְלֹא מְיַבֵּם:
ד׳

לא ישא את הבוגרת – as it is written (Leviticus 21:13): “He (i.e., the High Priest) may only marry a woman who is a virgin,” excluding a woman of age, whose virginity was destroyed.

רבי אליעזר ורבי שמעון מכשירין – and the Halakha is not according to their opinions.

לא ישא את הבוגרת. דכתיב (שם) והוא אשה בבתוליה יקח, פרט לבוגרת שכלו בתוליה:

רבי אלעזר ורבי שמעון מכשירין. ולית הלכתא כוותייהו:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 6 Mishnah 5

יבמות פרק ו׳ משנה ה׳

5
A common priest may not marry a sexually underdeveloped woman [aylonit], who is incapable of bearing children, unless he already has a wife and children. Rabbi Yehuda says: Even if he has a wife and children, he may not marry a sexually underdeveloped woman, as she is the zona about whom it is stated in the Torah that a priest may not marry her. Intercourse with her is considered a licentious act because she is incapable of bearing children. And the Rabbis say: The only women in the category of zona, who are therefore forbidden to a priest, are a female convert, a freed maidservant, and any woman who engaged in licentious sexual intercourse with a man she is prohibited from marrying.
כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט לֹא יִשָּׂא אַיְלוֹנִית, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יֶשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים, לֹא יִשָּׂא אַיְלוֹנִית, שֶׁהִיא זוֹנָה הָאֲמוּרָה בַתּוֹרָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין זוֹנָה אֶלָּא גִיּוֹרֶת וּמְשֻׁחְרֶרֶת וְשֶׁנִּבְעֲלָה בְעִילַת זְנוּת:
ה׳

כהן הדיוט לא ישא אילונית וכו' – and the same law applies for a Israelite male, and it (i.e., the Mishnah) did not take [the example of] a Kohen other than because of the dispute of Rabbi Yehuda who stated, that a Kohen, even if he has a wife and children, should not marry a barren woman, which is not the case regarding an Israelite male, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.

ושנבעלה בעילת זנות – such as for example those liable for violation of negative commandments or those liable for violation of positive commandments, and all the more so, those liable for extirpation or death by the Jewish court , but a person who comes upon a unmarried woman has not made her a harlot.

כהן הדיוט לא ישא אילונית וכו׳ והוא הדין לישראל. ולא נקט כהן אלא משום פלוגתא דרבי יהודה דאמר דכהן אפילו יש לו אשה ובנים לא ישא אילונית, מה שאין כן בישראל. ואין הלכה כר׳ יהודה:

ושנבעלה בעילת זנות. כגון חייבי לאוין או חייבי עשה, וכל שכן חייבי כריתות ומיתות בית דין. אבל הבא על הפנויה לא עשאה זונה:

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