Ki Seitzei 25:07 · unit 11

TT #710 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:07

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ן יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו שֵׁם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃

And if the man does not desire to take his yevamah, then his yevamah shall go up to the gate to the elders and say: “My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother for me.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 31b.

TT lemma: וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ הַשַּׁעְרָה אֶל הַזְּקֵנִים.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וְקָרְאוּ לוֹ זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ – זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ וְלֹא זִקְנֵי עִירָהּ; שֶׁמַּע מִינַּהּ שֶׁהִיא הוֹלֶכֶת אַחֲרָיו.

English: “And the elders of his city shall call him” — the elders of his city and not the elders of her city; from this we learn that she goes after him.

On the daf / in context: Reinforcement that the venue is the yavam’s city and the woman must travel there.

Type of Learning

Derash confirming the venue and the woman’s travel obligation.

What Is Learned

Chalitzah is performed in the yavam’s city before the elders of that city.