Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 35

TT #675 · 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 11a.

TT lemma: עָלֶיהָ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא עַל צָרָתָהּ – הַבָּא עַל יְבִמְתּוֹ וּבָא אֶחָד מִן הָאַחִים עַל צָרָתָהּ עוֹבֵר בַּעֲשֵׂה.

English: “Upon her” and not upon her co-wife — one who has relations with his yevamah and then one of the brothers has relations with her co-wife violates a positive commandment.

On the daf / in context: The singular language creates an aseih (positive commandment) that excludes the co-wife.

Type of Learning

Derash creating a positive commandment from the exclusive language.

What Is Learned

After one brother has performed yibbum, relations by another brother with the co-wife violate the positive commandment “upon her (alone).”