Ki Seitzei 25:07 · unit 8

TT #707 · 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 Sifrei.

TT lemma: וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ – מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יְבִמְתּוֹ? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד, יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מוֹצִיא קְטַנָּה וּזְקֵנָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יְבִמְתּוֹ – יְבִמְתּוֹ רִבָּה.

English: “Then his yevamah shall go up” — why does Scripture say “his yevamah”? Because it was said “the firstborn that she bears,” I might exclude a minor or an elderly woman; therefore it says “his yevamah” — including them.

On the daf / in context: Unlike the aylonit (who never had the potential to bear), a minor or an elderly woman once had or still has potential and remains within the law.

Type of Learning

Ribbui including minor and elderly yevamah.

What Is Learned

A minor or elderly yevamah is subject to chalitzah (and, where applicable, yibbum).