Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 5

TT #645 · 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 17b.

TT lemma: כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בְּעוֹלָמוֹ פְּטוּרָה וּפוֹטֶרֶת צָרָתָהּ מִן הַחֲלִיצָה וּמִן הַיִּבּוּם, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו – שֶׁהָיְתָה לָהֶם יְשִׁיבָה אַחַת בָּעוֹלָם.

English: The wife of a brother who was never “in his world” is exempt and exempts her co-wife from chalitzah and yibbum, for Scripture says “When brothers dwell together” — implying that they had a simultaneous period of dwelling in the world.

On the daf / in context: A brother born after the death of the deceased is not considered to have “dwelled together” with him; therefore his yevamah is free.

Type of Learning

Derash on the requirement of simultaneous existence.

What Is Learned

A brother born after the death of the childless brother is not subject to yibbum or chalitzah with the widow.