## Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot Chapter 4

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:1:1
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**הַחוֹלֵץ לִיבִמְתּוֹ.** הוּא מֻתָּר בִּקְרוֹבוֹתֶיהָ. דְּלָאו חֲלִיצָה הִיא, דְּהָא לֹא בַּעְיָא חֲלִיצָה. וּקְרוֹבוֹת וּקְרוֹבִים דְּמַתְנִיתִין הַיְנוּ הָנָךְ דְּנֶאֱסָרוֹת עַל הָאִישׁ מֵחֲמַת אִשְׁתּוֹ וּקְרוֹבִים הַנֶּאֱסָרִים עַל אִשָּׁה מֵחֲמַת בַּעֲלָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
החולץ ליבמתו. הוא מותר בקרובותיה – for it is not Halitzah, for surely, she does not require Halitzah and the female and male relatives of our Mishnah, that is that those who are prohibited upon the man on account of his wife, and the male relatives who are prohibited to the wife on account of her husband.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:1:2
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**אִם אֵין הַוָּלָד שֶׁל קְיָמָא.** שֶׁהוּא נֵפֶל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אם אין הולד של קיימא – that he is premature/non-viable birth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:2:1
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**וְחַיָּבִין בַּקָּרְבָּן.** שֶׁבָּעַל אֵשֶׁת אָח שֶׁלֹּא בִּמְקוֹם מִצְוָה. וְהַוָּלָד כָּשֵׁר מִמַּה נַּפְשָׁךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וחייבין בקרבן – for he had intercourse with his brother’s wife not in the place of the Mitzvah, and the offspring is kosher whichever way you turn.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:2:2
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**וְחַיָּבִין אָשָׁם תָּלוּי.** שֶׁכָּל דָּבָר שֶׁחַיָּבִין עַל זְדוֹנוֹ כָּרֵת וְעַל שִׁגְגָתוֹ חַטָּאת, חַיָּבִין עַל לֹא הוֹדַע שֶׁלּוֹ אָשָׁם תָּלוּי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וחייבין אשם תלוי – for everything where people are liable for extirpation for something done willfully, and for something done inadvertently for sin-offering, ae liable for something whether he became conscious [of his transgression] or not, a guilt offering is made when one is in doubt as to the commission of a sinful act (i.e., suspensive guilt-offering).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:1
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**שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם.** שֶׁהִיא מַמְתֶּנֶת וּמְצַפָּה לְיָבָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שומרת יבם = she is waiting and expecting to undergo levirate marriage.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:2
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**שֶׁנָּפְלוּ לָהּ נְכָסִים.** מִבֵּית אָבִיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נפלו לה נכסים – from her father’s house.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:3
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**מַה יַּעֲשׂוּ בִכְתֻבָּתָהּ.** מָנֶה וּמָאתַיִם וְתוֹסֶפֶת וּנְדוּנְיָא שֶׁהִכְנִיסָה לוֹ וְקִבֵּל עָלָיו אַחֲרָיוּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מה יעשו בכתובתה – the [100] Maneh or the two-hundred and the supplement and the dowry that she brought in to him and he accepted responsibility for the surety (i.e., mortgaged property).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:4
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**וּבַנְּכָסִים הַנִּכְנָסִים וְיוֹצְאִים.** נִכְסֵי מְלוֹג, שֶׁכְּשֶׁהִיא נִכְנֶסֶת נִכְנָסִין עִמָּהּ וּכְשֶׁיּוֹצֵאת מִבַּעֲלָהּ יוֹצְאִין עִמָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובנכסים היוצאין ונכנסין – the wife’s estate of which the husband has the fruition/usufruct without responsibility for loss or deterioration when she enters [into the marriage], they enter with her, and when she leaves from her husband, they go out with her.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:5
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**בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים יַחֲלֹקוּ יוֹרְשֵׁי הַבַּעַל עִם יוֹרְשֵׁי הָאָב.** דְּסָפֵק נְשׂוּאָה הִיא, וְזוֹכֶה הַיָּבָם בַּחֲצִי יְרֻשָּׁתָהּ מִסָּפֵק, שֶׁהַבַּעַל יוֹרֵשׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וְזֶה שֶׁסָּפֵק נְשׂוּאָה הִיא אֶצְלוֹ זוֹכֶה בְפַלְגָּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בש"א יחלוקו יורשי הבעל עם יורשי האב – for she was doubtfully married and the levir takes possession of one-half of her inheritance from doubt for the husband inherits his wife but this case where she is doubtfully married to him, he takes possession of one-half.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:3:6
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**נְכָסִים בְּחֶזְקָתָן.** נִכְסֵי צֹאן בַּרְזֶל, בְּחֶזְקָתָן. וְלֹא פֵּרְשׁוּ בֵּית הִלֵּל אִי בְּחֶזְקַת יוֹרְשֵׁי הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁהָיוּ הַנְּכָסִים שֶׁלָּהּ, אִי בְּחֶזְקַת יוֹרְשֵׁי הַבַּעַל שֶׁאַחֲרָיוּתָם עָלָיו. וּלְעִנְיַן דִּינָא יַחֲלֹקוּ אֲפִלּוּ לְדִבְרֵי בֵּית הִלֵּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נכסים בחזקתן – mort-main (i.e., the wife’s estate held by her husband, which, in case of her death or divorce, he must restore in specie, being responsible with all his landed property for loss or deterioration (see Tractate Yevamot, Chapter 7, Mishnah 1) in their presumptive legal status, but the School of Hillel did not explain whether the properties were in the possession of the inheritors of the woman or whether her properties were in the possession of the inheritors of the husband, for their surety is upon him, but as regards to law, they are divided, even according to the School of Hillel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:4:1
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**כְּאִשְׁתּוֹ לְכָל דָּבָר.** שֶׁמְּגָרְשָׁהּ בְּגֵט וְלֹא בַּעְיָא חֲלִיצָה, וּמַחְזִירָהּ כְּשֶׁיִּרְצֶה וְלֹא מִתְּסְרָא עֲלֵיהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כאשתו לכל דבר – that he divorces her with a Jewish bill of divorce and she does not require Halitzah and he restores her when he desires, and is not forbidden to her.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:4:2
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**עַל נִכְסֵי בַעְלָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן.** שֶׁיִּהְיוּ קַרְקָעוֹת שֶׁל בַּעֲלָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן אַחֲרָאִין וְעַרְבָאִין עַל כְּתֻבָּתָהּ. וְאִי לֵית לָהּ כְּתֻבָּה מִבַּעֲלָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן כּוֹתֵב לָהּ הַיָּבָם כְּתֻבָּה עַל נְכָסָיו, וְהִיא מָנֶה בִּלְבַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על נכסי בעלה הראשון – that the landed property of her first husband will be responsible and vouched on her Ketubah, and if she lacks a Ketubah from her first husband, the levir writes her a Ketubah on his property which is only a Maneh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:5:1
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**מִצְוָה בַגָּדוֹל לְיַבֵּם.** כִּדְיָלְפִינַן מִוְּהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מצוה בגדול ליבם – as we derive from (Deuteronomy 25:6): “The first son [that she bears shall be accounted to the dead brother].”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:6:1
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**וּבַגָּדוֹל.** שֶׁהָיָה גְּדוֹל הָאַחִים בִּמְדִינַת הַיָּם, וְתָלָה גְּדוֹל הָאַחִין שֶׁלְּפָנֵינוּ בּוֹ לוֹמַר הַמְתִּינוּ לוֹ, שֶׁהוּא גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנִּי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובגדול – for the oldest of the brothers was abroad and he assigns the oldest of the brothers that is before us to state that we should wait for him, for he is older than me.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:6:2
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**וּבַחֵרֵשׁ וּבַשּׁוֹטֶה.** עַד שֶׁיַּבְרִיאוּ. אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בחרש ובשוטה] – until they recover, we don’t listen to him].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:6:3
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**עָלֶיךָ מִצְוָה.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָחִיךָ שֶׁבִּמְדִינַת הַיָּם הוּא גָּדוֹל מִמְּךָ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאַתָּה גְּדוֹל הָאַחִין שֶׁלְּפָנֵינוּ עָלֶיךָ מִצְוָה, דְּשִׁהוּיֵי מִצְוָה לֹא מַשְׁהִינַן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עליך מצוה – even though your brother is abroad, he is older than you. Since you ae the oldest of the brothers in our presence, upon you is the Mitzvah [of levirate marriage] for the delay in the performance of the commandment, we do not delay.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:1
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**הֲרֵי הוּא כְאֶחָד מִן הָאַחִין.** וְלֹא הִפְסִיד חֶלְקוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁחָלַץ. דְּסָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אֲמִינָא לִקְנְסֵיהּ הוֹאִיל וְהִפְסִידָהּ מִיִּבּוּם, שֶׁפְּסָלָהּ עַל הָאַחִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי הוא כחד מן האחין – and he did not lose his portion because he performed Halitzah for you might think that I would say that he would be fined for since he caused her to lose from [having] levirate marriage for she was disqualified on [his] brothers.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:2
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**זָכָה בְּנִכְסֵי אָחִיו.** וַאֲפִלּוּ גֵּרְשָׁהּ לְמָחָר, דְּיָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו אָמַר רַחֲמָנָא, וַהֲרֵי קָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
זכה בנכסי אחיו – and even if he would divorced her on the morrow, for the All-Merciful one stated (Deuteronomy 25:6): “[The first son that she bears] shall be accounted to the [dead] brother,” and he has stood up [and performed his duty].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:3
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**נְכָסִים שֶׁל אָב.** דִּכְתִיב וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר, מַה בְּכוֹר אֵין לוֹ בְּחַיֵּי הָאָב, אַף יָבָם אֵין לוֹ בְּחַיֵּי הָאָב. וְאֵין כֵּן הֲלָכָה, אֶלָּא הַכּוֹנֵס אֶת יְבִמְתּוֹ זָכָה בְּנִכְסֵי אָחִיו וַאֲפִלּוּ בִּמְקוֹם אָב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נכסים של אב – as it is written (Deuteronomy 25:6): “The first son [that she bears shall be accounted to the dead brother],” just he doesn’t have a first-born son during the life of the father, even the levir doesn’t have it during the lifetime of the father, and such is the Halakha but rather, a man who marries his sister-in-law takes possession of the property of his brother, and even in the place of the father.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:4
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**אָסוּר בִּקְרוֹבוֹתֶיהָ.** כְּאִלּוּ הִיא אִשְׁתּוֹ, וְכָל קְרוֹבוֹת הַנֶּאֱסָרוֹת מֵחֲמַת אִשָּׁה גְּמוּרָה אֲסוּרוֹת מִדְּרַבָּנָן בַּחֲלוּצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אסור בקרובותיה – as if she is his wife and all of the female relations that are forbidden [to him] on account of the woman is completely his wife, are forbidden for Halitzah according to the Rabbis.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:5
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**בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא קַיֶּמֶת.** אַאֲחוֹתָהּ קָאֵי וְלֹא אַשְּׁאָר עֲרָיוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בזמן שהיא קיימת – it refers to her sister, and not to the rest of the women forbidden on account of consanguinity.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:6
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**מֻתָּר אָדָם בִּקְרוֹבַת צָרַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ.** וְלֹא אָמְרִינַן צָרָה כַּחֲלוּצָה שֶׁיְּהֵא אָסוּר בַּאֲחוֹת צָרַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר בַּאֲחוֹת חֲלוּצָתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מותר אדם בקרובת צרת חלוצתו – and we don’t say that the rival/co-wife is like the woman who has undergone Halitzah, that he would be forbidden with the sister of the rival/co-wife of the woman with whom he performed Halitzah, like he is prohibited [to be] with the sister of the woman with whom he performed Halitzah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:7:7
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**וְאָסוּר בְּצָרַת קְרוֹבַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ.** רְאוּבֵן חָלַץ לְלֵאָה, וְרָחֵל נְשׂוּאָה לְנָכְרִי וְלָהּ צָרָה, וּמֵת הַנָּכְרִי, אֲסוּרָה אוֹתָהּ צָרָה לִרְאוּבֵן. וְטַעְמָא הֲוֵי, שֶׁבִּזְמַן שֶׁלֵּאָה חוֹלֶצֶת, מוֹלִיכָה רָחֵל אֲחוֹתָהּ עִמָּהּ לְבֵית דִּין, וְכֻלֵּי עָלְמָא לֹא יָדְעֵי לְהֵי מִנַּיהוּ חָלִיץ, וְאִיכָּא דְּסָבְרֵי דִּלְרָחֵל חָלִיץ, וְכִי נָסִיב צָרַת רָחֵל דְּהַיְנוּ צָרַת קְרוֹבַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ אָמְרֵי צָרַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ נָסִיב, דְּאִינְהוּ סָבְרֵי שֶׁרָחֵל וְצָרָתָהּ נְשֵׁי אָחִיו הָיוּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי חָלַץ לְרָחֵל. אֲבָל אֵין הַיְבָמָה מוֹלִיכָה צָרָתָהּ עִמָּהּ בִּזְמַן שֶׁחוֹלֶצֶת, הִלְכָּךְ כִּי נָסִיב אֲחוֹת הַצָּרָה לֹא אָמְרֵי אֲחוֹת חֲלוּצָה נָסִיב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואסור בצרת קרובת חלוצתו – Reuven who performed Halitzah with Leah and Rachel is married to a foreign (i.e. unrelated Jewish) man, and she has a rival/co-wife, and the foreign (i.e., unrelated Jewish) man died, that rival/co-wife is prohibited to Reuven. And the reason for this is at the time when Leah had the Halitzah ceremony performed, she brought Rachel her sister with her to the Jewish court, and the entire world doesn’t know to which of them had Halitzah and there are those who think that to Rachel was peformed Halitzah, and when the rival/co-wife of Rachel gets married, that is the rival/co-wife of the the relative of his Halitzah, they say that the rival/co-wife of his Halitzah married, and they think that Rachl and her rival/co-wife were the wives of his brother, because he did Halitzah to Rachel. But, the sister-in-law does not bring her rival/co-wife with her at the time that she has the Halitzah ceremony performed, therefore, when the sister of her rival/co-wife gets married, we don’t say that it the sister of the woman who had Halitzah that married.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:8:1
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**וְכֵן הַמְגָרֵשׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וְכוּ'.** בַּגְּמָרָא פָּרֵיךְ, וְכֵן סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ. אֶלָּא אֵימָא אֲבָל הַמְגָרֵשׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וְכוּ', שֶׁאֲחוֹת גְּרוּשָׁה מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה וּלְכָךְ פְּטוּרָה מִן הַחֲלִיצָה וּמִן הַיִּבּוּם, וַאֲחוֹת חֲלוּצָה מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים וּלְכָךְ חוֹלֶצֶת וְלֹא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכן המגרש את אשתו וכו' – In the Gemara (Tractate Yevamot 41a), it raises the question and similarly, you might think, but rather, I would say, that a man who divorces his wife, etc., that the sister of the divorced woman from the words of the Torah, and therefore is exempt from Halitzah and from levirate marriage, but the sister of the woman who underwent Halitzah, according to the words of the Scribes/Soferim, so therefore, she engages in Halitzah does not engage in levirate marriage.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:1
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**שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם.** מַמְתֶּנֶת לַיָּבָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שומרת יבם – she is waiting to perform levirate marriage.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:2
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**שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ.** אֶחָד מִן הָאַחִים אֶת אֲחוֹתָהּ אַחַר שֶׁנָּפְלָה זוֹ לִפְנֵיהֶן וְהֻזְקְקָה לְכֻלָּן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שקדש – one of the brothers [who betrothed] her sister after this one fell before them and she became dependent upon all of them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:3
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**הַמְתֵּן.** מִלִּכְנֹס, דְּקָא פָּגַעְתָּ בַּאֲחוֹת זְקוּקָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המתן – from marrying for she made contact [with the sister of] her levirate connection.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:4
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**עַד שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה אָחִיךָ מַעֲשֶׂה.** שֶׁיִּכְנֹס אָחִיךָ אֶת הַיְבָמָה אוֹ יַחְלֹץ לָהּ וְיַעֲקֹר אֶת זִקָּתָהּ מֵעָלֶיךָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שישה אחיך מעשה – that your brother will marry the sister-in-law or perform Halitzah to her and uproot her levirate relation from you.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:5
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**מֵתָה הַיְּבָמָה יִכְנֹס אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ.** דַּאֲפִלּוּ כְּנָסָהּ וּמֵתָה מֻתָּר בַּאֲחוֹתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתה היבמה יכנוס את אשתו – for even if he married her and she died, he is permitted to her sister.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:6
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**מֵת הַיָּבָם.** וְלֹא נוֹתַר אָח אֶלָּא זֶה שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אֶת אֲחוֹתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מת היבם – and no brother remains other than this one who betrothed her sister.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:9:7
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**מוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט וְאֶת אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו בַּחֲלִיצָה.** אֲבָל יִבּוּמֵי לֹא, מִשּׁוּם דַּאֲחוֹת גְּרוּשָׁתוֹ הִיא. וּבַגְּמָרָא פָּסִיק הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מוציא את אשתו בגט ואת אשת אחיו בחליצה – but not perform levirate marriage for she is the sister of his divorced wife, and in the Gemara (Tractate Yevamot 41a), the legal decision is according to Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteyra.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:1
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**לֹא תַחֲלֹץ וְכוּ'.** מְפָרֵשׁ בַּגְּמָרָא טַעֲמָא, דִּכְתִיב (דברים כה) וְאִם לֹא יַחְפֹּץ הָאִישׁ לָקַחַת אֶת יְבִמְתּוֹ וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ וְגוֹ', הָא אִם יַחְפֹּץ יְיַבֵּם, כָּל הָעוֹלֶה לְיִבּוּם עוֹלֶה לַחֲלִיצָה וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לְיִבּוּם אֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לַחֲלִיצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא תחלוץ וכו' - In the Gemara (Tractate Yevamot 41b), it explains the reason, as it is written (Deuteronomy 25:7): “But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, his brother’s widow shall appear [before the elders in the gate and declare, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name in Israel for his brother; he will not perform the duty of the levir’],” but if he desires, he should perform the duty of the levir (i.e., perform levirate marriage). All who go up for levirate marriage go up for Halitzah and all who do not go up for levirate marriage do not go up for Halitzah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:2
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**בְּתוּלוֹת.** גָּזְרִינַן אַטּוּ בְּעוּלוֹת, וַאֲרוּסוֹת אַטּוּ נְשׂוּאוֹת, וְכֵן הֲלָכָה. וְהָנָךְ שְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים הֵם תִּשְׁעִים יוֹם חוּץ מִיּוֹם שֶׁמֵּת בּוֹ בַּעֲלָהּ אוֹ שֶׁנִּתְגָּרְשָׁה בּוֹ וְחוּץ מִיּוֹם שֶׁנִּתְאָרְסָה בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בתולות – we make the decree because of women who have had sexual relations, and betrothed woman because of married women, and such is the Halakha. And these three months are ninety days excluding from it the day her husband died, or when she was divorced from him, and excluding from it the day when she became betrothed to him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:3
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**הַנְּשׂוּאוֹת יִתְאָרְסוּ.** דְּטַעֲמָא דַּאֲסוּרָה כְּדֵי לְהַבְחִין בֵּין זֶרַע רִאשׁוֹן לְזֶרַע שֵׁנִי, שֶׁלֹּא תֵלֵד בֵּן סָפֵק בֶּן תִּשְׁעָה לָרִאשׁוֹן סָפֵק בֶּן שִׁבְעָה לָאַחֲרוֹן, וּבָאֲרוּסוֹת לֵיכָּא לְמֵימַר הָכִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הנשואות יתארסו – that the reason that she is forbidden in order to distinguish between the seed of the first to the seed of the second, so that she should not give birth to a undetermined/doubtful son (i.e., so that we would know who the actual father was), a son of seven months [pregnancy] to the first [husband] or doubtfully a son of seven [months] to the latter [husband] and with regard to betrothed women, one doesn’t not have to say this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:4
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**וְהָאֲרוּסוֹת יִנָּשְׂאוּ.** דְּהָא לֹא אִיעַבּוּר מֵרִאשׁוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והארוסות ינשאו – for she was not made pregnant from the first [husband].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:5
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**חוּץ מֵאֲרוּסָה שֶׁבִּיהוּדָה.** שֶׁהָיוּ מְיַחֲדִין אֶת הַכַּלָּה וְאֶת הֶחָתָן בִּיהוּדָה קֹדֶם כְּנִיסָתָן לַחֻפָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה רָגִיל וּמְשַׂחֵק עִמָּהּ וְלֹא יִהְיוּ בֹּשִׁים זֶה מִזֶּה בִּבְעִילַת מִצְוָה, לְכָךְ חָיְשִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא בָּעַל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
חוץ מארוסה שביהודה – for they would bring together the bride and the groom in Judea prior to their entrance to the wedding canopy in order that he would be used to her and he would sport with her and they would not be embarrassed one from the other through the commanded act of sexual intimacy; therefore, we suspect that perhaps he had sexual intercourse [with her].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:10:6
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**כָּל הַנָּשִׁים יִתְאָרְסוּ.** מִשּׁוּם דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה לֹא מַפְלִיג בֵּין אַלְמָנָה לִגְרוּשָׁה וּמַתִּיר לָאַלְמָנָה לֵאָרֵס אֲפִלּוּ תּוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁל יְמֵי אֶבְלָהּ, אָתָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי לְאִפְלוּגֵי עֲלֵיהּ בְּהָא, וְאָסַר לָאַלְמָנָה לֵאָרֵס תּוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים שֶׁל יְמֵי אֶבְלָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל הנשים יתארסו – because Rabbi Yehuda does not distinguish between widows to divorcees and permits for the widow to be betrothed even within thrirty days of the days of her mourning; Rabbi Yosi comes to dispute him on this and prohibits the widow to become betrothed within thirty days of her days of mourning.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:11:1
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**אַרְבָּעָה אַחִים וְכוּ'.** הוּא הַדִּין אֲפִלּוּ נָשֵׁי טוּבָא נַמִּי, אִם אֶפְשָׁר בְּסִפּוּקַיְהוּ, הָרְשׁוּת בְּיָדוֹ לִכְנֹס אֶת כֻּלָּן. וְהַאי דְּנָקַט אַרְבַּע, עֵצָה טוֹבָה קָמַשְׁמַע לָן, אַרְבַּע אִין טְפֵי לֹא, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּנִמְטַיְהוּ עוֹנָה בְּחֹדֶשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ארבעה אחים וכו' – and the same law applies even also with many wives, if it is possible to support them, permission is in his bands to marry all of them, and the fact that it (i.e., the Mishnah) took four is good advice: for it comes to teach us, for yes, more than that, no, for just as the duty of marital visits at certain intervals arrives during the month.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:11:2
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**בִּיאָתָהּ אוֹ חֲלִיצָתָהּ שֶׁל אַחַת מֵהֶן פּוֹטֶרֶת צָרָתָהּ.** וְלֹא מְיַבֵּם לְתַרְוַיְהוּ, דִּכְתִיב (דברים כה) אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה אֶת בֵּית אָחִיו, בַּיִת אֶחָד הוּא בּוֹנֶה וְאֵינוֹ בּוֹנֶה שְׁנֵי בָּתִּים. וְלֹא חָלִיץ לְתַרְוַיְהוּ, שֶׁכָּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לְיִבּוּם אֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לַחֲלִיצָה, וְהוֹאִיל וְתַרְוַיְהוּ כִּי הֲדָדֵי לֹא סָלְקֵי לְיִבּוּם כִּדְאָמְרִינַן בַּיִת אֶחָד הוּא בּוֹנֶה, הָכִי נַמִּי לֹא סָלְקֵי לַחֲלִיצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ביאתה או חליצתה פוטרת צרתה – and he doesn’t perform levirate marriage with both of them, as it is written (Deuteronomy 25:9): “who will not build up his brother’s house.” One house he builds, but he does not build up two houses. And he doesn’t perform Halitzah with both of them, and whomever does not come up for levirate marrae does not come up for Halitzah, for since that both of them like each other do not go up for lievirate marriage, as we stated, he builds one house,” so also, they don’t go up for Halitzah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:11:3
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**חוֹלֵץ לַפְּסוּלָה.** וְלֹא יִפְסֹל אֶת הַכְּשֵׁרָה לִכְהֻנָּה, שֶׁהַחֲלוּצָה פְּסוּלָה לִכְהֻנָּה, וְלֹא יִשְׁפֹּךְ אָדָם מֵי בּוֹרוֹ וַאֲחֵרִים צְרִיכִין לָהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
חולץ לפסולה – and he will not disqualify that [woman who is] fit [to marry into] the priesthood, for a woman who has undergone Halitzah is disqualified from the priesthood, and a man should not empty the waters of his cistern and others need it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:12:1
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**הַמַּחְזִיר אֶת גְּרוּשָׁתוֹ.** מִשֶּׁנִּשֵּׂאת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מהחזיר את גרושתו – from whom he was married.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:12:2
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**וְהַנּוֹשֵׂא אֶת חֲלוּצָתוֹ.** דְּקַיְמָא עֲלֵיהּ בְּלָאו דְּלֹא יִבְנֶה, כֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא בָּנָה שׁוּב לֹא יִבְנֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והנושא את חלוצתו – since we establish regarding him with the negative commandment (Deuteronomy 25:9): “ [Thus shall be done to the man] who will not build up his brother’s house,” since he did not “build up,” he furthermore will not build up.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:12:3
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**וְהַנּוֹשֵׂא קְרוֹבַת חֲלוּצָתוֹ.** דְּקָסָבַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא דַּחֲלוּצָתוֹ כְּאִשְׁתּוֹ, שֶׁהַכָּתוּב קְרָאָהּ בֵּיתוֹ, דִּכְתִיב (שם) בֵּית חֲלוּץ הַנָּעַל. וְקָסָבַר נַמִּי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא יֵשׁ מַמְזֵר מֵחַיָּבֵי לָאוִין. וְאֵינָהּ הֲלָכָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והנושא קרובת חלוצתו – since Rabbi Akiva holds that the woman who takes off the shoe and spits in his face (by refusing to perform levirate marriage) is like his wife, and Scripture calls her, “his house,” as it is written (Deuteronomy 25:10): “the family of the un-sandaled one.” And also, Rabbi Akiva holds that there is a Mamzer from those who are liable for violating negative commandments, but this is not the Halakha.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:12:4
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**קְרוֹבַת גְּרוּשָׁתוֹ.** דִּגְרוּשָׁתוֹ כְּאִשְׁתּוֹ. וְאִמָּהּ וַאֲחוֹתָהּ חַיָּבֵי כְּרִיתוּת נִינְהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קרובת גרושתו – for his divorced wife is like his wife, and her mother and her sister [if they are subsequently married to him] make him liable for extirpation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:13:1
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**כָּל שְׁאֵר בָּשָׂר שֶׁהוּא בְלֹא יָבֹא.** כָּל קִרְבָה שֶׁהִיא בְּלָאו, וַאֲפִלּוּ אֵין בָּהּ כָּרֵת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל שאר בשר שהוא בלא יבא – every nearness which is [a violation of] a negative commandment and even if there is no extirpation [attached to it].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yevamot 4:13:2
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**כָּל חַיָּבֵי כָּרֵת.** אֲבָל לֹא חַיָּבֵי לָאוִין. וְכֵן הֲלָכָה, שֶׁכָּל שֶׁאִסּוּרוֹ אִסּוּר כָּרֵת הַוָּלָד מַמְזֵר, חוּץ מִן הַנִּדָּה. אֲבָל מֵחַיָּבֵי לָאוִין אֵין הַוָּלָד מַמְזֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל חייבי כרת – but not those who are liable [for violating] a negative commandment, and such is the Halakha. For all that whose prohibition is a prohibition of extirpation, the offspring is illegitimate/Mamzer, except from that of a menstruant woman, but with those who violate negative commandments, the offspring are not Mamzerim/illegitimate.