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Yevamot


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Yevamot delves into the intricate laws of levirate marriage and familial relationships, unravelling the complexities that arise when duty, loss, and legacy intersect. The masechet explores scenarios where a man dies without children and his brother is called upon to marry the widow. Through its nuanced discussions, Yevamot reflects on the bonds that tie families together and the sometimes difficult choices communities make to uphold tradition and compassion.

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Yevamot 2

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
03.09.2022 | ו׳ באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


Yevamot 3

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03.10.2022 | ז׳ באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.11.2022 | ח׳ באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.12.2022 | ט׳ באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.13.2022 | י׳ באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.14.2022 | י״א באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.15.2022 | י״ב באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.16.2022 | י״ג באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


Yevamot 10

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03.17.2022 | י״ד באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


Yevamot 11

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03.18.2022 | ט״ו באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


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03.19.2022 | ט״ז באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב


Yevamot 13

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03.20.2022 | י״ז באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב
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Yevamot

Yevamot delves into the intricate laws of levirate marriage and familial relationships, unravelling the complexities that arise when duty, loss, and legacy intersect. The masechet explores scenarios where a man dies without children and his brother is called upon to marry the widow. Through its nuanced discussions, Yevamot reflects on the bonds that tie families together and the sometimes difficult choices communities make to uphold tradition and compassion.

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Introduction to Masechet Yevamot

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Introduction to Yevamot

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Ladies First

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Yevamot 2: Ervah By Association

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Yevamot 3: When “Exempt” Means Forbidden

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Yevamot 4: The Witch Must Die

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Yevamot 5: Shaatnez as a Classic Contradiction

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Yevamot 6: The Temple Is Not for Practice

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Yevamot 7: When the Extreme Case Is Practical

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Glossary

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Aylonit

A woman with congenital reproductive challenges that keep her from bearing children.

Ketuba

A document that accompanies the nissuin, the marriage ritual, that lists the man’s obligations toward his wife. It includes the sum of money that he owes her in the case of divorce or death.

Get

The divorce document that a man gives his wife. It includes the witnesses’ signatures. The term can refer to any formal document.

Nikhsei Melog

Property that the woman owns and that remains in her possession after she enters marriage. Here her husband gains rights to its produce. This property is not included in the ketuba.

Nikhsei Tzon Barzel

Property that the woman owns and that becomes her husband’s when they marry. The ketuba requires that, upon divorce or her husband’s death, the woman receives the value of the land as it was at the time of the marriage, regardless of any change in value during the time that they were married.

Miun

Torah law allows a minor’s father to agree to a betrothal on her behalf. If her father is deceased, the rabbis grant her mother or brothers the same authority, however until she turns twelve and has two pubic hairs, she has the right to reject this betrothal through miun, refusal, simply by saying “I do not want this person as my husband.”

Tzarat Erva

In the case that a man who dies childless was married to two women, if one wife is prohibited to his brother (ex: the brother’s wife is her sister), both she, and, according to Beit Hillel, the second wife, are exempt from yibum and may marry other people.

Erva

The relationship between two people who are prohibited from having sexual relations with each other.

Tzara

If two or more women are married to the same man, each is considered a tzara to the other.

Zika

The bond between the surviving brother and the widow in light of the yibum obligation. The widow who is bound by zika is a zekuka.

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