Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 13 Mishnah 12
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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:
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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:
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.