Ki Seitzei 25:07 · unit 18

TT #717 · 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 Yerushalmi Yevamot 4:1.

TT lemma: מֵאֵן יְבָמִי.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

הַיְּבָמָה לֹא תַּחֲלֹץ וְלֹא תִּתְיַבֵּם עַד שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ עָלֶיהָ שְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים; וְתַחֲלֹץ מִיָּד – תָּנָא רַבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָא: מֵאֵן יְבָמִי – זֶה שֶׁאוֹמְרִים לוֹ יַבֵּם אוֹמְרִים לוֹ חֲלֹץ.

English: The yevamah may not perform chalitzah or yibbum until three months have passed; yet she may perform chalitzah immediately — Rabbi Hoshaya taught: “My husband’s brother refuses” — one to whom they say “perform yibbum” they also say “perform chalitzah.”

On the daf / in context: The three-month waiting period applies to yibbum; chalitzah may be performed earlier in certain circumstances, but the basic correlation of eligibility remains.

Type of Learning

Derash on timing and the parallel of the two institutions.

What Is Learned

The same man who is eligible to be told “perform yibbum” is eligible to be told “perform chalitzah.”