## Yevamot Daf 49b

###### Yevamot 49b:1
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וְעַל הַסּוֹטָה — שֶׁאֵין הַוָּלָד מַמְזֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**or with a *sota*, that the offspring is not a *mamzer*.**


###### Yevamot 49b:2
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נִדָּה, דְּהָא תָּפְסִי בַּהּ קִידּוּשִׁין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּתְהִי נִדָּתָהּ עָלָיו״, אֲפִילּוּ בִּשְׁעַת נִדָּתָהּ תָּפְסִי בַּהּ קִידּוּשִׁין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **a menstruating woman** the offspring is not a *mamzer* **because** one’s **betrothal of her takes effect, as it is stated: “And her impurity shall be upon him”** (Leviticus 15:24). The phrase “shall be” alludes to the fact that a betrothal with her takes effect. The verse teaches that **even at the time of her** menstrual **impurity, betrothal with her takes effect.**


###### Yevamot 49b:3
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סוֹטָה נָמֵי, דְּהָא תָּפְסִי בַּהּ קִידּוּשִׁין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **a *sota*, too,** the offspring is not a *mamzer* **because** one’s **betrothal of her takes effect.**


###### Yevamot 49b:4
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תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: הַכֹּל מוֹדִים בְּבָא עַל הַנִּדָּה וְעַל הַסּוֹטָה וְעַל שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם, שֶׁאֵין הַוָּלָד מַמְזֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **This** teaching of Abaye **is also taught** in a *baraita*: **All agree with regard to one who engages in sexual relations with a menstruating woman, or with a *sota*, or with a widow waiting for her *yavam*** to perform levirate marriage, **that the offspring is not a *mamzer*.**


###### Yevamot 49b:5
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וְאַבָּיֵי, שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם — מְסַפְּקָא לֵיהּ אִי כְּרַב אִי כִּשְׁמוּאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: **And Abaye** did not mention the case of a **widow waiting for her *yavam*** because **he is uncertain whether,** if someone other than the *yavam* betrothed her, the *halakha* is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rav** that it does not take effect or **in accordance with** the opinion of **Shmuel** that it might take effect.


###### Yevamot 49b:6
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אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן עַזַּאי כּוּ׳. תָּנֵי, שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר: מָצָאתִי מְגִלַּת יוּחֲסִין בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְכָתוּב בָּהּ: אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי מַמְזֵר מֵאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ, וְכָתוּב בָּהּ: מִשְׁנַת רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב קַב וְנָקִי. וְכָתוּב בָּהּ: מְנַשֶּׁה הָרַג אֶת יְשַׁעְיָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna states: **Rabbi Shimon ben Azzai said:** I found a scroll recording people’s lineages. The Gemara cites an expanded version of the contents of the scroll. **It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Shimon ben Azzai said: I found a scroll** recording people’s **lineages, in Jerusalem, and it was written in it** that **so-and-so is a *mamzer* from** an adulterous union with **a married woman. And it was** also **written in it: The teachings of Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov** measure only **a *kav* but are clean** and accurate, and so the *halakha* is decided in accordance with his opinions. **And it was written in it: Manasseh,** king of Israel, **killed Isaiah** the prophet.


###### Yevamot 49b:7
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אָמַר רָבָא: מֵידָן דַּיְינֵיהּ וְקַטְלֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ, מֹשֶׁה רַבְּךָ אָמַר: ״כִּי לֹא יִרְאַנִי הָאָדָם וָחָי״, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ: ״וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת ה׳ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא״. מֹשֶׁה רַבְּךָ אָמַר: ״מִי כַּה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּכׇל קׇרְאֵנוּ אֵלָיו״, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ: ״דִּרְשׁוּ ה׳ בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ״. מֹשֶׁה רַבְּךָ אָמַר: ״אֶת מִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ אֲמַלֵּא״, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ: ״וְהוֹסַפְתִּי עַל יָמֶיךָ חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara expands on the events surrounding Isaiah’s death: **Rava said:** Manasseh **judged him** as a false witness for issuing statements contradicting the Torah **and** only then **killed him.** Manasseh **said to** Isaiah: **Moses your master said** in the Torah: “And He said: You cannot see My face, **for man cannot see Me and live”** (Exodus 33:20), **and** yet **you said: “I saw the Lord sitting upon a high and lofty throne”** (Isaiah 6:1). **Moses your master said:** “For **which** great nation is there, that has God so near to it, **as the Lord our God is, whenever we call upon Him?”** (Deuteronomy 4:7), **and** yet **you said: “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near”** (Isaiah 55:6), which implies that God is not always near. **Moses your master said: “I will fulfill the number of your days”** (Exodus 23:26), which implies that each individual has a preordained allotted lifespan that he cannot outlive, **and** yet **you said** in a prophecy to King Hezekiah: **“And I will add to your days, fifteen years”** (II Kings 20:6).


###### Yevamot 49b:8
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אָמַר יְשַׁעְיָה: יָדַעְנָא בֵּיהּ דְּלָא מְקַבֵּל מָה דְּאֵימָא לֵיהּ, וְאִי אֵימָא לֵיהּ — אֶישַּׁוְּיֵיהּ מֵזִיד. אֲמַר שֵׁם אִיבְּלַע בְּאַרְזָא, אַתְיוּהּ לְאַרְזָא וְנַסְּרוּהּ. כִּי מְטָא לַהֲדֵי פּוּמָּא, נָח נַפְשֵׁיהּ. מִשּׁוּם דַּאֲמַר: ״וּבְתוֹךְ עַם טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Isaiah said** to himself: **I know him,** i.e., Manasseh, **that he will not accept whatever** explanation **that I will say to him** to resolve my prophecies with the words of the Torah. **And** even **if I say it to him, I will make him into an intentional transgressor** since he will kill me anyway. Therefore, in order to escape, **he uttered a** divine **name** and **was swallowed within a cedar** tree. Manasseh’s servants **brought the cedar** tree **and sawed through it** in order to kill him. **When** the saw **reached to where his mouth was,** Isaiah **died.** He died specifically at this point **due to that which he said: “In the midst of a people of unclean lips, I dwell”** (Isaiah 6:5). He was punished for referring to the Jewish people in a derogatory manner.


###### Yevamot 49b:9
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מִכׇּל מָקוֹם קָשׁוּ קְרָאֵי אַהֲדָדֵי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **In any case,** as Manasseh pointed out, these **verses contradict each other;** how are these contradictions to be resolved?


###### Yevamot 49b:10
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״וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת ה׳״, כִּדְתַנְיָא: כׇּל הַנְּבִיאִים נִסְתַּכְּלוּ בְּאַסְפַּקְלַרְיָא שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְאִירָה, מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ נִסְתַּכֵּל בְּאַסְפַּקְלַרְיָא הַמְּאִירָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara resolves the first contradiction: **“I saw the Lord”** is to be understood **as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **All of the prophets observed** their prophecies **through an obscure looking glass [*aspaklaria*],** i.e., their prophecies were given as metaphoric visions but were not a direct perception of the matter. However, **Moses our master observed** his prophecies **through a clear looking glass,** i.e., he gained a direct and accurate perception of the matter.


###### Yevamot 49b:11
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״דִּרְשׁוּ ה׳ בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ״ — הָא בְּיָחִיד, הָא בְּצִבּוּר. וְיָחִיד אֵימַת? אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר אֲבוּהּ: אֵלּוּ עֲשָׂרָה יָמִים שֶׁבֵּין רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara resolves the second contradiction: Isaiah’s prophecy: **“Seek the Lord while He may be found,”** does not contradict the verse in the Torah that God is near to His nation “whenever we call upon Him,” because **this** prophecy of Isaiah was made **with regard to the individual** and **this** verse in the Torah is stated **with regard to a community,** as the prayer of the community is always accepted. The Gemara asks: **And when** is the time that God is to be found near **the individual? Rav Naḥman said Rabba bar Avuh said: These are the ten days between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur.**


###### Yevamot 49b:12
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״אֶת מִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ אֲמַלֵּא״ — תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: ״אֶת מִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ אֲמַלֵּא״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The resolution of the third contradiction from the verse: **“I will fulfill the number of your days,” is** subject to a dispute between ***tanna’im*, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states: **“I will fulfill the number of your days”;**