Ki Seitzei 25:09 · unit 23

TT #751 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:09

The Complete Passuk

וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֥ה בְּפָנָ֖יו וְעָנְתָ֣ה וְאָמְרָ֑ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו׃

Then his yevamah shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and draw his shoe off his foot, and spit in his face, and respond and say: “Thus shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamot 10b.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

הַחוֹלֵץ לִיבִמְתּוֹ נֶאֶסְרָה הַחֲלוּצָה וְצָרוֹתֶיהָ עַל הַחוֹלֵץ וְעַל שְׁאָר הָאַחִין, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה אֶת בֵּית אָחִיו – כֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא בָּנָה שׁוּב לֹא יִבְנֶה.

English: One who performs chalitzah for his yevamah — the chalutzah and her co-wives become forbidden to the one who performed chalitzah and to the other brothers, for Scripture says “who will not build up his brother’s house” — once he has not built, he shall not build again.

On the daf / in context: The future tense implies a permanent bar on subsequent yibbum with that woman or her co-wives.

Type of Learning

Derash from the future tense creating a permanent prohibition.

What Is Learned

After chalitzah, the chalutzah and her co-wives are permanently forbidden to all the brothers.