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Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 4 Mishnah 9

יבמות פרק ד׳ משנה ט׳

9

In the case of a widow waiting for her yavam to consummate levirate marriage or perform ḥalitza with her, and the brother of the yavam betrothed her sister, they said in the name of Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira: They say to the brother: Wait and do not marry the woman you betrothed until your brother performs an act, either of ḥalitza or of consummating the levirate marriage, as until he does there remains a levirate bond between the yevama and each of the brothers, and it is prohibited to marry the sister of a woman to whom one is bound by a levirate bond. If a brother of the one who betrothed the sister of the yevama performed ḥalitza with the yevama or consummated a levirate marriage with her, since by doing so the levirate bond between the yevama and the one who betrothed her sister is dissolved, he may then enter into marriage with his wife, who until that point was only betrothed to him, as she is no longer the sister of a woman to whom he is bound by a levirate bond. Similarly, if the yevama died, since his levirate bond to her is dissolved upon her death, he may proceed to enter into marriage with his betrothed wife. However, if the yavam died without performing an act that would have dissolved the levirate bond, he must divorce his wife with a bill of divorce, as she is forbidden to him as the sister of a woman to whom he is bound by a levirate bond, and his brother’s wife he must send out with ḥalitza, as she is forbidden to him as the sister of his divorcée.

שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אָחִיו אֶת אֲחוֹתָהּ, מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶן בְּתֵירָא אָמְרוּ, אוֹמְרִים לוֹ, הַמְתֵּן עַד שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה אָחִיךָ הַגָּדוֹל מַעֲשֶׂה. חָלַץ לָהּ אָחִיו, אוֹ כְנָסָהּ, יִכְנֹס אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ. מֵתָה הַיְּבָמָה, יִכְנֹס אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ. מֵת יָבָם, יוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט, וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו בַּחֲלִיצָה:

ט׳
Bartenura

שומרת יבם – she is waiting to perform levirate marriage.

שקדש – one of the brothers [who betrothed] her sister after this one fell before them and she became dependent upon all of them.

המתן – from marrying for she made contact [with the sister of] her levirate connection.

עד שישה אחיך מעשה – that your brother will marry the sister-in-law or perform Halitzah to her and uproot her levirate relation from you.

מתה היבמה יכנוס את אשתו – for even if he married her and she died, he is permitted to her sister.

מת היבם – and no brother remains other than this one who betrothed her sister.

מוציא את אשתו בגט ואת אשת אחיו בחליצה – but not perform levirate marriage for she is the sister of his divorced wife, and in the Gemara (Tractate Yevamot 41a), the legal decision is according to Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteyra.

שומרת יבם. ממתנת ליבם:

שקידש. אחד מן האחים את אחותה אחר שנפלה זו לפניהן והוזקקה לכולן:

המתן. מלכנוס, דקא פגעת באחות זקוקה:

עד שיעשה אחיך מעשה. שיכנוס אחיך את היבמה או יחלוץ לה ויעקור את זיקתה מעליך:

מתה היבמה יכנוס את אשתו. דאפילו כנסה ומתה מותר באחותה:

מת היבם. ולא נותר אח אלא זה שקידש את אחותה:

מוציא את אשתו בגט ואת אשת אחיו בחליצה. אבל יבומי לא, משום דאחות גרושתו היא. ובגמרא פסיק הלכה כרבי יהודה בן בתירא: