Ki Seitzei 25:09 · unit 26

TT #754 · 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 24a.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה אֶת בֵּית אָחִיו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה – וְלֹא אֲשֶׁר לֹא בָּנָה; אִם כָּנַס וּגֵרֵשׁ – אֵין חוֹלְצִין.

English: “Who will not build” — and not “who has not built”; if he took her in yibbum and then divorced her, chalitzah is not performed.

On the daf / in context: Once the house has been built (yibbum performed), subsequent divorce does not reopen the possibility of chalitzah.

Type of Learning

Derash from the future tense.

What Is Learned

If yibbum was performed and the marriage later ended in divorce, no chalitzah is required or possible.