Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 39

TT #679 · 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: וְיִבְּמָהּ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וְיִבְּמָהּ – בִּמְקוֹם יִבּוּם הוּא דַּאֲסִירָא צָרָה; שֶׁלֹּא בִּמְקוֹם יִבּוּם שַׁרְיָא.

English: “And he shall perform the duty of a husband’s brother for her” — it is only in a context of yibbum that the co-wife is forbidden; outside a context of yibbum she is permitted.

On the daf / in context: The tzarah prohibition is limited to cases that fall under the laws of yibbum.

Type of Learning

Derash limiting the tzarah prohibition.

What Is Learned

The co-wife of an ervah is forbidden only when the case is one of yibbum; otherwise she is permitted.