Ki Seitzei 25:06 · unit 12

TT #695 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:06

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָ֗ה הַבְּכוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּלֵ֔ד יָק֕וּם עַל־שֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו הַמֵּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And it shall be that the firstborn that she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, so that his name shall not be blotted out from Israel.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamot 40a.

TT lemma: יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה מֵת בַּעְלִי וְנִתְיַבְּמָה – יְבָמָהּ נִכְנָס לַנַּחֲלָה עַל פִּיהָ, דִּכְתִיב יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו וְהֲרֵי קָם.

English: A woman who said “my husband is dead” and was taken in yibbum — her yavam enters the inheritance on the strength of her word, for it is written “he shall succeed to the name of his brother” — and he has succeeded.

On the daf / in context: The same leniency that permits remarriage on the woman’s testimony also transfers the inheritance share to the yavam.

Type of Learning

Derash extending the woman’s testimony to inheritance.

What Is Learned

When a woman is believed that her husband died and is taken in yibbum, the yavam also acquires the inheritance share on her testimony.