Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 24

TT #664 · 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 / Kiddushin.

TT lemma: וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ – זוֹ בִּיאָה; וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה – זֶה הַמַּאֲמָר.

English: “Her yavam shall come upon her” — this is the act of intercourse; “and he shall take her to himself as a wife” — this is the ma’amar (preliminary kiddushin).

On the daf / in context: The verse is read as distinguishing the final act of bi’ah from the preparatory verbal/monetary ma’amar.

Type of Learning

Derash partitioning the verse into ma’amar and bi’ah.

What Is Learned

Ma’amar (a form of kiddushin) may precede the bi’ah of yibbum, but only bi’ah completes the acquisition.