Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 28

TT #668 · 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 / Rambam.

TT lemma: וּלְקָחָהּ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וּלְקָחָהּ – לְזוֹ וְלֹא לְאַחֶרֶת; פְּרָט לָעֶרְוָה וּלְצָרָתָהּ.

English: “And he shall take her” — this one and not another; excluding an ervah and her co-wife.

On the daf / in context: Only a woman who is eligible for ordinary marriage can fall under the zikah of yibbum.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut excluding forbidden relationships.

What Is Learned

An ervah (and her co-wife) is exempt from both yibbum and chalitzah.