Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 23

TT #663 · 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 39a.

TT lemma: וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה – הֲרֵי הִיא כְּאִשְׁתּוֹ לְכָל דָּבָר, וּמְגָרְשָׁהּ בְּגֵט וּמַחֲזִירָהּ.

English: “And he shall take her to himself as a wife” — she becomes his wife in every respect; he divorces her with a get and may remarry her.

On the daf / in context: Once yibbum is performed, the relationship is that of a full marriage, not a continuing temporary bond.

Type of Learning

Derash on the full marital status after yibbum.

What Is Learned

After yibbum the woman is a full wife; subsequent divorce requires a get and remarriage is permitted.