## Yevamot Daf 65a

###### Yevamot 65a:1
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קוֹבַעַת לָהּ וֶסֶת, עַד שֶׁתִּקְבָּעֶנָּה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים. וְאֵין מִטַּהֶרֶת מִן הַוֶּסֶת, עַד שֶׁתֵּעָקֵר מִמֶּנָּה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים. וְשׁוֹר הַמּוּעָד — דִּתְנַן: אֵין הַשּׁוֹר נַעֲשֶׂה מוּעָד, עַד שֶׁיָּעִידוּ בּוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה פְּעָמִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**establish a set pattern** of menstrual bleeding **for herself,** so that it can be assumed that she will start bleeding at a particular time, **until she has established it three times.** Similarly, **she is not purified from her set pattern until it is uprooted from her three times,** i.e., until she did not experience menstrual bleeding at the expected time according to her pattern on three occasions. **And** the case of a **forewarned ox** is **as we learned** in a mishna (*Bava Kamma* 23b): **An ox does not become forewarned until** witnesses **testify** that **it** has gored **three times.** Consequently, in the cases of set patterns and a forewarned ox, a legal presumption is created only after three occurrences, in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel.


###### Yevamot 65a:2
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: נִיסֵּת לָרִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא הָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים, לַשֵּׁנִי וְלֹא הָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים, לַשְּׁלִישִׁי לֹא תִּנָּשֵׂא אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בָּנִים. נִישֵּׂאת לְמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ בָּנִים — תֵּצֵא בְּלֹא כְּתוּבָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught:** If a woman **was married to** her **first** husband **and she did not have children,** and then she was married **to** her **second** husband **and she did not have children, she may not get married to a third** husband **unless** it is **to one who** already **has children** and has fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply, as it is presumed that she is unable to have children. If **she got married to one who does not have children** and he had been unaware of her presumptive status, **she is divorced without** receiving payment for her **marriage contract,** as he married her erroneously.


###### Yevamot 65a:3
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אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: נִישֵּׂאת לַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְלֹא הָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים, מַהוּ דְּלִיתְבְּעוּהָ הָנָךְ קַמָּאֵי? מִי מָצוּ אָמְרִי לַהּ: אִיגַּלַּאי מִילְּתָא דְּאַתְּ הוּא דִּגְרַמְתְּ. אוֹ דִלְמָא מָצֵית אֲמַרָה לְהוּ: הַשְׁתָּא הוּא דִּכְחַשִׁי. מִסְתַּבְּרָא מָצְיָא אֲמַרָה לְהוּ הַשְׁתָּא הוּא דִּכְחַשִׁי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If **she was married to a third** husband **and she did not have children** for ten years, **what is** the *halakha* with regard to whether **those first** husbands **can demand** the return of the money they paid for **her** marriage contracts? **Can** they **say to her: It has been revealed** retroactively **that it was you who caused** our inability to have children, and therefore we entered our marriages erroneously, **or perhaps** she **can say to them: It is now that** I am older that **I have become weak,** but in my youth I could have had children with a different husband. The Sages answer: It is **reasonable** that **she can say to them: It is now that I have become weak.**


###### Yevamot 65a:4
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אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: נִישֵּׂאת לָרְבִיעִי וְהָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים, מַהוּ דְּתִיתְבְּעֵיהּ לִשְׁלִישִׁי! אָמְרִינַן לַהּ: שְׁתִיקוּתִיךְ יָפָה מִדִּיבּוּרִיךְ. דְּמָצֵי אָמַר לַהּ: אֲנָא אַדַּעְתָּא דְּהָכִי לָא גָּרֵשְׁתִּיךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Another **dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If **she was married to a fourth** husband **and she had children** with him, **what is** the *halakha* with regard to whether **she can demand** the payment of her marriage contract from her **third** husband by claiming that it is now evident that she was capable of having children? The Gemara answers: **We say to her: Your silence is preferable to your speech,** i.e., you are better off not making this claim, **as he can say to her: I did not divorce you with this understanding,** and now that I know you are capable of having children, I regret divorcing you. This would invalidate her divorce and, consequently, her marriage to her fourth husband, and would render her child a *mamzer*.


###### Yevamot 65a:5
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב פָּפָּא: אִי אִיהִי שָׁתְקָא, אֲנַן מִי שָׁתְקִינַן?! נִמְצָא גֵּט בָּטֵל, וּבָנֶיהָ מַמְזֵרִין! אֶלָּא אָמְרִינַן: הַשְׁתָּא הוּא דִּבְרִיַּית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa strongly objects to this: If she was silent do we remain silent?** If there is room for concern that the divorce might be invalid, the concern exists regardless of her claim, and therefore the **bill of divorce** should be **found invalid and her children** from her fourth husband should be rendered ***mamzerin*. Rather, we say** that **it is now that she has become healthy.** In other words, she was previously incapable of bearing children, but she has since recovered from that disability.


###### Yevamot 65a:6
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הוּא אָמַר מִינַּהּ, וְהִיא אָמְרָה מִינֵּיהּ, אֲמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי: דְּבָרִים שֶׁבֵּינוֹ לְבֵינָהּ — נֶאֱמֶנֶת, וְטַעְמָא מַאי? הִיא (קַיְימָא) [קִים] לַהּ בְּיוֹרֶה כְּחֵץ, הוּא לָא קִים לֵיהּ בְּיוֹרֶה כְּחֵץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara addresses a related case. If **he said** that the cause for their failure to have children is **from her,** i.e., it is she who is infertile, **and she said** it is **from him, Rabbi Ami said:** With regard to such **matters between him and her, she is believed.** The Gemara inquires: **What is the reason** for this ruling? **She is certain** whether his semen **shoots like an arrow,** whereas **he is not certain** whether his semen **shoots like an arrow.**


###### Yevamot 65a:7
[Yevamot 65a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/65a:7)

אֲמַר אִיהוּ: אֵיזִיל אִינְּסִיב אִיתְּתָא וְאֶיבְדּוֹק נַפְשַׁאי. אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי: אַף בָּזוֹ יוֹצִיא וְיִתֵּן כְּתוּבָּה. שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר: כׇּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ — יוֹצִיא וְיִתֵּן כְּתוּבָּה. רָבָא אָמַר: נוֹשֵׂא אָדָם כַּמָּה נָשִׁים עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ, וְהוּא דְּאִית לֵיהּ לְמֵיזַיְינִינְהִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **he says: I will go** and **marry a** different **woman and examine myself** to see if I am indeed the cause, **Rabbi Ami said: Even in this** case he **must divorce** his first wife **and give** her the payment for her **marriage contract, as I say** that **whoever marries a woman in addition to his** first **wife must divorce** his first wife **and give** her the payment for her **marriage contract.** Conversely, **Rava said** that **a man may marry several women in addition to his** first **wife, and** there is nothing wrong with this practice **as long as he has** enough **to support them** all.