Ki Seitzei 25:05 · unit 6

TT #646 · 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 61b / Niddah.

TT lemma: כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

יָבָם קָטָן שֶׁבָּא עַל יְבָמָה קְטַנָּה יִגְדְּלוּ זֶה עִם זֶה; בָּא עַל יְבָמָה גְּדוֹלָה תְּגַדְּלֶנּוּ.

English: A minor yavam who has relations with a minor yevamah — they grow up together; if he has relations with an adult yevamah, she raises him.

On the daf / in context: The verse’s language of “dwelling together” is applied even to the case of minors, establishing that the bond can be created in minority and continues.

Type of Learning

Derash applying the verse to minor yavam and yevamah.

What Is Learned

Yibbum performed by or with a minor creates a valid bond that continues into adulthood.