## Yevamot Daf 111a

###### Yevamot 111a:1
[Yevamot 111a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:1)

תִּיתֵּיב גַּבֵּיהּ מִמָּה נַפְשָׁךְ: אִי קְנוּיָה הִיא — הָא קְנוּיָה הִיא, וְאִי לָאו קְנוּיָה הִיא — הָא נׇכְרִית בְּעָלְמָא הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Let her stay with him,** as she is permitted **whichever way you** look at it: **If she is acquired, then she is** fully **acquired; and if she is not acquired** at all, **then she is merely an unrelated** woman. If the marriage to the deceased brother was not a true marriage, there is no reason for her to be forbidden to him.


###### Yevamot 111a:2
[Yevamot 111a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:2)

וְכִי תֵּימָא, קְטַנָּה אַמַּאי תַּמְתִּין עַד שֶׁתַּגְדִּיל וְתַחְלוֹץ? תִּיתֵּיב גַּבֵּיהּ, אִי קְנוּיָה הִיא — הָא קְנוּיָה הִיא, אִי לָאו קְנוּיָה הִיא — נוּכְרִיתָא בְּעָלְמָא הִיא! אִם כֵּן, חֵרֶשֶׁת בְּמָה תִּיפּוֹק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you would say** that the same question could be asked if you claim that it is the minor whose acquisition is uncertain: **Why should** she **wait until she reaches majority and performs *ḥalitza*? Let her stay with him: If she is acquired, then she is** fully **acquired;** and **if she is not acquired** at all, **then she is merely an unrelated** woman. However, you cannot say that because, **if that is so, how shall the deaf-mute be released?** As a deaf-mute, she cannot perform *ḥalitza*, and he cannot consummate the levirate marriage with her since the minor may be considered to be acquired by him, in which case the deaf-mute would be disqualified as the rival wife of his *yevama*. Rav’s suggestion was meant to find a way for both of them to be able to remarry, and that is only possible if the minor and deaf-mute’s statuses are as Rav Ḥisda argues.


###### Yevamot 111a:3
[Yevamot 111a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:3)

אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: הָכִי נָמֵי מִיסְתַּבְּרָא, כִּדְקָא מְתָרֵץ רַב חִסְדָּא אַלִּיבָּא דְרַב,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Sheshet said: Indeed, this too stands to reason,** i.e., only the way **that Rav Ḥisda explained** the *halakha* **in accordance with** the opinion **of Rav** is reasonable.


###### Yevamot 111a:4
[Yevamot 111a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:4)

דְּתַנְיָא: שְׁנֵי אַחִין נְשׂוּאִין שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת יְתוֹמוֹת, קְטַנָּה וְחֵרֶשֶׁת, מֵת בַּעְלָהּ שֶׁל קְטַנָּה — חֵרֶשֶׁת יוֹצְאָה בְּגֵט, וּקְטַנָּה תַּמְתִּין עַד שֶׁתַּגְדִּיל, וְתַחְלוֹץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in a *baraita* about the following case: **Two brothers married two orphaned sisters,** one of them **a minor and** one of them **a deaf-mute.** If **the husband of the minor dies** and she happens before the husband of the deaf-mute for levirate marriage, **the deaf-mute must be released by means of a bill of divorce** due to her sister’s levirate bond, **and the minor must wait until she reaches majority and perform *ḥalitza*.**


###### Yevamot 111a:5
[Yevamot 111a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:5)

מֵת בַּעְלָהּ שֶׁל חֵרֶשֶׁת — קְטַנָּה יוֹצְאָה בְּגֵט, וְחֵרֶשֶׁת אֲסוּרָה לְעוֹלָם. וְאִם בָּא עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת — נוֹתֵן לָהּ גֵּט, וְהוּתְּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If the deaf-mute’s husband dies, the minor must be released by means of a bill of divorce and the deaf-mute is forbidden forever.** He must divorce the minor because of the levirate bond with her sister. He may not consummate the levirate marriage with the deaf-mute because she is his ex-wife’s sister; and he cannot perform *ḥalitza* with her, because she is not capable of performing *ḥalitza*. **And if he** transgresses and **consummates** the levirate marriage **with the deaf-mute, he gives her a bill of divorce** afterward, **and she is** thereby **released.**


###### Yevamot 111a:6
[Yevamot 111a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:6)

אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא חֵרֶשֶׁת קְנוּיָה וּמְשׁוּיֶּירֶת, קְטַנָּה קְנוּיָה וְאֵינָהּ קְנוּיָה — מִשּׁוּם הָכִי דְּכִי בָּא עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת נוֹתֵן לָהּ גֵּט וְהוּתְּרָה, דְּאָמְרַתְּ מִמָּה נַפְשָׁךְ: אִי קְטַנָּה קְנוּיָה הִיא — הָא נָפְקָא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, אִי לָאו קְנוּיָה — שַׁפִּיר מְיַבֵּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted,** this argument works **if you say that the deaf-mute is partially acquired,** and **the minor is either acquired or not acquired; it is due to that** reason **that if he** transgresses and **consummates** the levirate marriage **with the deaf-mute, he gives her a bill of divorce and she is released. You would say** she is released **whichever way you** look at it: **If the minor is** fully **acquired** by her husband, **then the deaf-mute is released due to** her status as **the sister of his wife,** who is a forbidden relative and as such is entirely exempt from levirate marriage. **And if the minor is not acquired at all, then he may rightly consummate the levirate marriage** and afterward divorce her.


###### Yevamot 111a:7
[Yevamot 111a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:7)

אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ חֵרֶשֶׁת קְנוּיָה וְאֵינָהּ קְנוּיָה, קְטַנָּה קְנוּיָה וּמְשׁוּיֶּירֶת, כִּי בָא עַל חֵרֶשֶׁת אַמַּאי נוֹתֵן גֵּט וְהוּתְּרָה? הָוְיָא לֵיהּ בִּיאָה פְּסוּלָה — וּבִיאָה פְּסוּלָה לָא פָּטְרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But if you say that the deaf-mute is either acquired or not acquired,** i.e., the status of a marriage with a deaf-mute is uncertain, **while the minor is partially acquired,** then **when he** transgresses and **has intercourse with the deaf-mute, why should he give her a bill of divorce and** she thereby **be released? It is an invalid sexual act,** as the minor is partially acquired, which disqualifies her sister from levirate marriage. **And an invalid sexual act does not exempt her,** i.e., does not constitute full consummation of the levirate marriage, making it possible for him to divorce her. She still requires *ḥalitza*, and a deaf-mute cannot perform *ḥalitza*. Therefore it must be, as Rav Ḥisda suggested, that the deaf-mute is partially acquired while it is uncertain whether the minor is acquired or not.


###### Yevamot 111a:8
[Yevamot 111a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:8)

הָא מַנִּי — רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה הִיא, דְּאָמַר: בִּיאָה פְּסוּלָה, פּוֹטֶרֶת מֵחֲלִיצָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects the conclusion that the *baraita* provides evidence for Rav Ḥisda’s explanation, as it is possible to say: In accordance with **whose** opinion **is this** *baraita*? **It is** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Neḥemya, who said: An invalid sexual act** also **exempts** a woman **from *ḥalitza*.**


###### Yevamot 111a:9
[Yevamot 111a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:9)

אִי רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה, אֵימָא סֵיפָא: מִי שֶׁהָיָה נָשׂוּי שְׁתֵּי יְתוֹמוֹת, קְטַנָּה וְחֵרֶשֶׁת, וּמֵת. בָּא יָבָם עַל הַקְּטַנָּה, וְחָזַר וּבָא עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, אוֹ שֶׁבָּא אָחִיו עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת — נֶאֶסְרוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶן עָלָיו. כֵּיצַד תַּקָּנָתָן? חֵרֶשֶׁת יוֹצֵאת בְּגֵט, וּקְטַנָּה תַּמְתִּין עַד שֶׁתַּגְדִּיל, וְתַחְלוֹץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **If** one accepts the suggestion that **this** *baraita* **is** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Neḥemya, say the latter clause** of this same *baraita*: Consider the case of **one who was married** to **two orphans, a minor and a deaf-mute, and he died. If the *yavam* had intercourse with the minor and then had intercourse with the deaf-mute, or if one of his brothers had intercourse with the deaf-mute** after the first brother engaged in intercourse with the minor, **they are both forbidden to** the first brother. **How** can their situation **be rectified? The deaf-mute must be released with a bill of divorce, and the minor must wait until she reaches majority and** then **perform *ḥalitza*.**


###### Yevamot 111a:10
[Yevamot 111a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:10)

אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא חֵרֶשֶׁת קְנוּיָה וּמְשׁוּיֶּירֶת, קְטַנָּה קְנוּיָה וְאֵינָהּ קְנוּיָה, וְרַבָּנַן הִיא — מִשּׁוּם הָכִי תַּמְתִּין עַד שֶׁתַּגְדִּיל, וְתַחְלוֹץ — דְּדִלְמָא קָדֵים וּבָעֵיל חֵרֶשֶׁת בְּרֵישָׁא, וְהָוְיָא לֵיהּ בִּיאָה דִקְטַנָּה בִּיאָה פְּסוּלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted,** this *halakha* makes sense **if you say** that **a deaf-mute is partially acquired,** meaning that she was never fully acquired in the first place; that **a minor is either acquired or not acquired; and** that the *baraita* is **in accordance** with the opinion of **the Rabbis** who state that an invalid sexual act does not exempt a woman from *ḥalitza*. **For these** reasons, **the minor must wait until she reaches majority and** then **perform *ḥalitza*.** The Sages decreed that she must perform *ḥalitza* no matter what, **as perhaps he may precipitately have intercourse with the deaf-mute first, so that the** subsequent **intercourse with the minor is considered an invalid sexual act,** because he is already partially married to her rival wife. However, since the deaf-mute is only partially acquired, her levirate marriage does not exempt the minor and the minor still must perform *ḥalitza*.


###### Yevamot 111a:11
[Yevamot 111a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:11)

אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה, הָא אָמַר בִּיאָה פְּסוּלָה פָּטְרָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But if you say it is** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Neḥemya,** and also that the status of a deaf-mute’s marriage is uncertain while the status of the minor is that she is partially acquired, there is no explanation why the minor must perform *ḥalitza* when she reaches majority, as **he said** that **an invalid sexual act exempts her.**


###### Yevamot 111a:12
[Yevamot 111a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:12)

אֶלָּא שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ רַבָּנַן הִיא. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, conclude from** this reasoning that this *baraita* **is** in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis.** The Gemara concludes: **Learn from it.**


###### Yevamot 111a:13
[Yevamot 111a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:13)

אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: מֵרֵישָׁא נָמֵי שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ דְּרַבָּנַן הִיא, דְּקָתָנֵי: אִם בָּא עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת — נוֹתֵן לָהּ גֵּט, וְהוּתְּרָה, וְלָא קָתָנֵי: אִם בָּא עַל הַקְּטַנָּה — נוֹתֵן לָהּ גֵּט וְהוּתְּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi said: One may learn also from the first clause** of the *baraita* **that it is** in accordance with **the** opinion of the **Rabbis, as it teaches: If he** transgresses and **consummates** the levirate marriage **with the** sister, who is **a deaf-mute, he gives her a bill of divorce** afterward, **and she is** thereby **released. And it does not teach: If he consummates** the levirate marriage **with the minor, he gives her a bill of divorce and she is released.** This is presumably because consummation of levirate marriage with the minor is an invalid sexual act, as her deaf-mute sister is partially married to the *yavam*. Even if he does engage in intercourse with her, she will still require *ḥalitza*.


###### Yevamot 111a:14
[Yevamot 111a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:14)

אִי מִשּׁוּם הָא לָא אִירְיָא: חֵרֶשֶׁת, דְּלֵית לַהּ תַּקַּנְתָּא דְהֶיתֵּירָא — קָתָנֵי תַּקַּנְתָּא דְאִיסּוּרָא. קְטַנָּה, דְּאִית לַהּ תַּקַּנְתָּא דְהֶיתֵּירָא — לָא תָּנֵי תַּקַּנְתָּא דְאִיסּוּרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this argument: **If it is due to that** reason, **there is no** conclusive **argument,** as one may say that for **the deaf-mute, whose** situation **has no rectification that is permitted** because she cannot perform *ḥalitza*, the *baraita* **teaches a prohibited rectification;** but for **the minor, whose** situation **has a permitted rectification,** in that she can perform *ḥalitza* after she reaches majority, the *baraita* **does not teach a prohibited rectification.**


###### Yevamot 111a:15
[Yevamot 111a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/111a:15)

**מַתְנִי׳** מִי שֶׁהָיָה נָשׂוּי לִשְׁתֵּי יְתוֹמוֹת קְטַנּוֹת, וּמֵת, וּבָא יָבָם עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, וְחָזַר וּבָא עַל הַשְּׁנִיָּה, אוֹ שֶׁבָּא אָחִיו עַל הַשְּׁנִיָּה —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If **a man was married to two minor orphans and he died, and a *yavam* engaged in intercourse with the first** of them to consummate the levirate marriage, **and then engaged in intercourse with the second, or if his brother** who is also their *yavam* **engaged in intercourse with the second,**