Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 17

TT #657 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:05

The Complete Passuk

כִּי־יֵשְׁב֨וּ אַחִ֜ים יַחְדָּ֗ו וּמֵ֨ת אַחַ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ וּבֵ֣ן אֵֽין־ל֔וֹ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת־הַמֵּ֛ת הַח֖וּצָה לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר יְבָמָהּ֙ יָבֹ֣א עָלֶ֔יהָ וּלְקָחָ֥הּ ל֛וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be outside to a strange man; her husband’s brother shall come upon her and take her to himself as a wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother for her.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 14a.

TT lemma: יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ – הַיְּבָמָה נִקְנֵית בְּבִיאָה.

English: “Her yavam shall come upon her” — the yevamah is acquired by the act of intercourse.

On the daf / in context: The primary mode of acquisition in yibbum is bi’ah; the verse itself establishes the legal mechanism.

Type of Learning

Derash identifying the mode of acquisition.

What Is Learned

Yibbum is effected by the act of intercourse itself.