## Yevamot Daf 109b

###### Yevamot 109b:1
[Yevamot 109b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:1)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ: אָתְיָא ״רְדִיפָה״ ״רְדִיפָה״. כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״בַּקֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם וְרׇדְפֵהוּ״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״רוֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבוֹד״. בַּהֲפָרַת נְדָרִים, כְּרַבִּי נָתָן. דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: הַנּוֹדֵר — כְּאִילּוּ בָּנָה בָּמָה. וְהַמְקַיְּימוֹ — כְּאִילּוּ הִקְרִיב עָלֶיהָ קׇרְבָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Abbahu said: It is derived** by verbal analogy from the terms **pursuit** and **pursuit. It is written here: “Seek peace and pursue it”** (Psalms 34:15) **and it is written there: “He who pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, prosperity, and honor”** (Proverbs 21:21), indicating that pursuing peace is a mitzva, just as pursuing righteousness and mercy is. As **for the nullification of vows, this is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Natan, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Natan says:** With regard to **one who vows, it is as if he built** a personal **altar** when it is prohibited to build an altar outside the Temple. **And one who fulfills that** vow, **it is as if he sacrificed an offering on this** personal altar, thereby doubling his sin. Therefore, it is preferable that he ask a halakhic authority to dissolve the vow.


###### Yevamot 109b:2
[Yevamot 109b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:2)

וְיִתְרַחֵק מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים: מִן הַמֵּיאוּנִין — דִּלְמָא גָּדְלָה וּמִיחָרְטָא בָּהּ. מִן הַפִּקְדוֹנוֹת — בְּבַר מָתָא, דְּבַיְיתֵיהּ כִּי בַיְיתֵיהּ דָּמֵי. מִן הָעֵרָבוֹן — בַּעֲרָבֵי שַׁלְצִיּוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And one should distance himself from three things: From refusals,** as **perhaps she will grow up and regret** her decision, and it will turn out that she refused a husband who was suitable for her. **From deposits** entrusted to him **by an inhabitant of the same city, as** he will treat the bailee’s **home as his home.** The owner might enter the bailee’s house and take the deposit without the latter’s knowledge, and subsequently falsely sue him for its return. **From serving as a guarantor: This is referring to Sheltziyyon guarantees,** in which the lender is entitled to demand payment from the guarantor even before the borrower defaults on the loan.


###### Yevamot 109b:3
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דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״רַע יֵרוֹעַ כִּי עָרַב זָר״ — רָעָה אַחַר רָעָה תָּבֹא לִמְקַבְּלֵי גֵרִים, וְלַעֲרָבֵי שַׁלְצִיּוֹן, וּלְתוֹקֵעַ עַצְמוֹ לִדְבַר הֲלָכָה. מְקַבְּלֵי גֵרִים — כְּרַבִּי חֶלְבּוֹ. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי חֶלְבּוֹ: קָשִׁים גֵּרִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּסַפַּחַת בָּעוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As Rabbi Yitzḥak said: What is** the meaning of that **which is written: “He who serves as a guarantor for a stranger shall suffer evil;** but he who hates those who shake hands is secure” (Proverbs 11:15)? This means: **Evil after evil will befall those who accept converts, and Sheltziyyon guarantors, and one who confounds himself in matters of *halakha*.** The Gemara clarifies. Evil will befall **those who accept converts: This is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥelbo. As Rabbi Ḥelbo says: Converts are difficult for the Jewish people like a leprous sore on the skin.**


###### Yevamot 109b:4
[Yevamot 109b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:4)

עֲרָבֵי שַׁלְצִיּוֹן — דְּעָבְדִי שְׁלוֹף דּוֹץ. תּוֹקֵעַ עַצְמוֹ לִדְבַר הֲלָכָה — דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: כׇּל הָאוֹמֵר אֵין לוֹ תּוֹרָה — אֵין לוֹ תּוֹרָה. פְּשִׁיטָא! אֶלָּא: כׇּל הָאוֹמֵר אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה — אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Evil shall befall **Sheltziyyon guarantors because they practice: Pull out, thrust in.** That is, they pull out the borrower and thrust the guarantor in his place as the one responsible for the loan. Evil befalls **one who confounds himself in matters of *halakha*, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Yosei says: Anyone who says he has no Torah, has no Torah.** The Gemara asks: Is this not **obvious? Rather, anyone who says he has nothing other** than **Torah, has nothing other** than **Torah.**


###### Yevamot 109b:5
[Yevamot 109b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:5)

הָא נָמֵי פְּשִׁיטָא! אֶלָּא דַּאֲפִילּוּ תּוֹרָה אֵין לוֹ. מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא, אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְלִמַּדְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם״ — כֹּל שֶׁיֶּשְׁנוֹ בַּעֲשִׂיָּה יֶשְׁנוֹ בִּלְמִידָה, כֹּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בַּעֲשִׂיָּה אֵינוֹ בִּלְמִידָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But isn’t** this **also obvious?** One does not receive more reward than he deserves. **Rather,** it means that **he does not even have Torah. What is the reason? Rav Pappa said: The verse states: That you may learn them and perform them,** which is an abridged version of the verse “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and take care to perform them” (Deuteronomy 5:1). The verse teaches that **anyone who is engaged in performing** mitzvot **is engaged in** Torah **study, while anyone not engaged in performing** mitzvot **is not engaged in** Torah **study;** the Torah study of one who wishes only to immerse himself in his studies without fulfilling the mitzvot is not considered to be fulfilling even the mitzva of Torah study.


###### Yevamot 109b:6
[Yevamot 109b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:6)

וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא, לְעוֹלָם כִּדְאָמְרִיתוּ מֵעִיקָּרָא: כׇּל הָאוֹמֵר אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה — אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה, לָא צְרִיכָא דְּקָא מַגְמַר לְאַחֲרִינֵי וְאָזְלִי וְעָבְדִי. מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: אִית לֵיהּ אַגְרָא לְדִידֵיהּ, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say: Actually, it is as you initially said: Anyone who says he has nothing other** than **Torah has nothing other** than **Torah. Rather,** this statement **is necessary** with regard to one who **teaches others and they go and perform** the mitzvot. **Lest you say that there is reward for him in it,** Rabbi Yosei **teaches us** that since that person engaged in Torah study without the intention of observing the mitzvot himself, he does not receive a reward for the mitzvot that he taught others and which they performed.


###### Yevamot 109b:7
[Yevamot 109b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:7)

וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא, תּוֹקֵעַ עַצְמוֹ לִדְבַר הֲלָכָה: בְּדַיָּינָא דְּאָתֵי דִּינָא לְקַמֵּיהּ, וְגָמַר הֲלָכָה וּמְדַמֵּי מִילְּתָא לְמִילְּתָא, וְאִית לֵיהּ רַבָּה וְלָא אָזֵיל מְשַׁאֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** that **one who confounds himself in matters of *halakha*** is referring **to a judge who had a case come before him, and he learned** the tradition about **a ruling** in a similar case, **and he likens one matter to the other** in order to reach a conclusion; **and he has a teacher** nearby **but he does not go and ask** him. This is inappropriate, as judges must be very careful not to err in judgment.


###### Yevamot 109b:8
[Yevamot 109b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:8)

דְּאָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן: לְעוֹלָם יִרְאֶה דַּיָּין עַצְמוֹ כְּאִילּוּ חֶרֶב מוּנַּחַת לוֹ בֵּין יְרֵיכוֹתָיו, וְגֵיהִנָּם פְּתוּחָה לוֹ מִתַּחְתָּיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִנֵּה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה שִׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרִים סָבִיב לָהּ מִגִּבּוֹרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ׳ מִפַּחַד בַּלֵּילוֹת״, מִפַּחַד שֶׁל גֵּיהִנָּם שֶׁדּוֹמֶה לְלַיְלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani said** that **Rabbi Yonatan said: A judge should always view himself as if a sword were placed between his thighs,** so that if he leans right or left he will be injured, **and as if Gehenna was open beneath him, as it is stated: “Behold, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.** They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man has his sword upon his thigh, **because of dread in the night”** (Song of Songs 3:7–8), i.e., **because of the dread of Gehenna, which is similar to the night.** Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani understands the mighty men of Israel in this verse to refer to the judges who sit in judgment around the bed of Solomon, i.e., in the Temple.


###### Yevamot 109b:9
[Yevamot 109b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:9)

רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: אִם מֵיאֲנָה וְכוּ׳. בְּעָא מִינֵּיהּ רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר מֵרַב: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל — מִשּׁוּם דְּקָסָבַר קִידּוּשֵׁי קְטַנָּה מִיתְלָא תְּלוּ, וְכִי גָּדְלָה גָּדְלִי בַּהֲדַהּ, אַף עַל גַּב דְּלָא בְּעַל,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It was taught in the mishna that **Rabban Gamliel says: If** the minor **refuses** of her own accord, her refusal is valid. And if not, she should wait until she reaches majority, whereupon her marriage is valid by Torah law, and the widowed adult sister shall be exempt from levirate marriage due to her status as the sister of a wife. **Rabbi Elazar raised a dilemma to Rav: What is Rabban Gamliel’s reasoning?** Is it **because he holds that the betrothal of a minor girl is in suspension and when she reaches majority, the betrothal reaches majority,** i.e., is fully realized, **with her?** Accordingly, the betrothal would then be realized **even if he did not engage in intercourse** with her after she reached majority.


###### Yevamot 109b:10
[Yevamot 109b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:10)

אוֹ דִלְמָא מִשּׁוּם דְּקָסָבַר: הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֲחוֹת יְבָמָה — נִפְטְרָה יְבָמָה וְהָלְכָה לָהּ, אִי בְּעַל — אִין, אִי לָא בְּעַל — לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Or perhaps, is it because he holds that** when a *yavam* **betroths the sister of his *yevama*,** causing the *yevama* to be forbidden to him, **the *yevama* is exempt and is released** even though her levirate bond came first? **If he engaged in sexual intercourse with** his betrothed after she reached majority, then **yes,** the *yevama* is exempt as a forbidden relative, because only then does Rabban Gamliel consider the betrothal to be fully realized, but **if he did not engage in intercourse with his** betrothed, then the *yevama* is **not exempt** from levirate marriage.


###### Yevamot 109b:11
[Yevamot 109b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:11)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַיְינוּ טַעְמָא דְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, מִשּׁוּם דְּקָסָבַר: הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֲחוֹת יְבָמָה — נִפְטְרָה יְבָמָה וְהָלְכָה לָהּ, אִי בְּעַל — אִין, אִי לָא בְּעַל — לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav said to him: This is Rabban Gamliel’s reasoning: Because he holds that** in the case of **one who betroths the sister of his *yevama*, the *yevama* is exempt and is released,** then **if he engaged in sexual intercourse** with the sister after she reached majority then **yes,** the *yevama* is exempt from levirate marriage, but **if he did not engage in intercourse** with the sister after she reached majority, the *yevama* is **not** exempt.


###### Yevamot 109b:12
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אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: אָמֵינָא, כִּי נָיֵים וְשָׁכֵיב רַב, אֲמַר לְהָא שְׁמַעְתָּא. דְּתַנְיָא: הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הַקְּטַנָּה — קִידּוּשֶׁיהָ תְּלוּיִין. מַאי ״תְּלוּיִין״? לָאו כִּי גָּדְלָה גָּדְלִי בַּהֲדַהּ, וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּלָא בָּעַל?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Sheshet said: I say that Rav said this *halakha* when he was dozing and lying down,** as it is difficult. **As it is taught** in a *baraita*: In the case of **one who betroths a minor girl, her betrothal is in suspension. What** does it mean that it is **in suspension? Is it not that when she reaches majority, the betrothal reaches majority with her** and is fully realized **even if he did not have intercourse with her** after she reached majority?


###### Yevamot 109b:13
[Yevamot 109b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:13)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִין בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב נַחְמָן: הָא מִילְּתָא דִקְטַנָּה, מִיתְלָא תַּלְיָא וְקָיְימָא, אִי בְּעַל — אִין, אִי לָא בְּעַל — לָא. דְּאָמְרָה: הוּא עָדִיף מִינַּאי, וַאֲנָא עֲדִיפְנָא מִינֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravin, son of Rav Naḥman, said to** Rav Sheshet: **This matter,** that the betrothal **of a minor girl remains in suspension,** should be understood differently. It means that her betrothal is provisional as long as she is still a minor: **If he has sexual intercourse** with her after she reaches majority, **yes,** her betrothal is realized; **if he does not engage in intercourse** with her after she reaches majority, her betrothal is **not** realized. **For she says** to herself: **He has an advantage over me** in that he can divorce me, **and I have an advantage over him,** as I can refuse him. Since the marriage of a minor depends upon her ongoing consent, as she can refuse him at any time, it remains provisional until it is consummated when she is an adult.


###### Yevamot 109b:14
[Yevamot 109b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/109b:14)

וְסָבַר רַב: אִי בְּעַל — אִין, אִי לָא בְּעַל — לָא? וְהָא אִיתְּמַר: קְטַנָּה שֶׁלֹּא מֵיאֲנָה, וְהִגְדִּילָה, וְעָמְדָה וְנִשֵּׂאת, רַב אָמַר: אֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה גֵּט מִשֵּׁנִי, וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: צְרִיכָה גֵּט מִשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But does Rav** truly **think that** only **if he has intercourse with her** after she becomes an adult, then **yes, her** betrothal is realized, **but if he did not engage in intercourse with her,** then **no,** it is not realized? **Wasn’t it stated** that with regard to **a minor who had not refused** her husband **and reached majority, and** then **went and married** another, **Rav said: She does not require a bill of divorce from the second** man, as she is fully married to the first and consequently her second marriage is invalid? **And Shmuel said: She does require a bill of divorce from the second** man, as it is uncertain whether her second marriage is valid.