Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 18

TT #658 · 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.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamot 54b.

TT lemma: יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּהַעֲרָאָה קוֹנָה, דְּיָלְפִינַן בִּיאָה בִּיאָה.

English: Even initial contact (ha’ara’ah) acquires her, for we learn “bi’ah” from “bi’ah” elsewhere.

On the daf / in context: The gezerah shavah with other contexts of bi’ah teaches that full consummation is not required; the beginning of the act suffices.

Type of Learning

Gezerah shavah on “bi’ah.”

What Is Learned

The initial stage of intercourse is sufficient to effect yibbum.