## Yevamot Daf 99a

###### Yevamot 99a:1
[Yevamot 99a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:1)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: יֵשׁ חוֹלֵץ לְאִמּוֹ מִסָּפֵק, לַאֲחוֹתוֹ מִסָּפֵק, לְבִתּוֹ מִסָּפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught: There is** a case in which one **performs *ḥalitza* with his mother due to uncertainty,** or **with his sister due to uncertainty,** or **with his daughter due to uncertainty.** This is the *halakha* despite the fact that a levirate bond cannot be created between these relatives.


###### Yevamot 99a:2
[Yevamot 99a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:2)

כֵּיצַד? אִמּוֹ וְאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת, וְלָהֶן שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים, וְחָזְרוּ וְיָלְדוּ שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים בְּמַחֲבֵא, וּבָא בְּנָהּ שֶׁל זוֹ וְנָשָׂא אִמּוֹ שֶׁל זֶה, וּבְנָהּ שֶׁל זוֹ נָשָׂא אִמּוֹ שֶׁל זֶה, וּמֵתוּ בְּלֹא בָּנִים — זֶה חוֹלֵץ לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן, וְזֶה חוֹלֵץ לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן. נִמְצָא כׇּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד חוֹלֵץ לְאִמּוֹ מִסָּפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**How so?** If **his mother and another woman had two sons,** one each, **and they** then **gave birth to two** other **sons in hiding,** whose identities were confused, such that their lineage was consequently indeterminate, **and the** known **son of this woman came and married the mother of that** other known son, **and the** known **son of that woman married this** son’s **mother, and they died without children,** the *halakha* is that **this one** of the mixed sons **performs *ḥalitza* with both women,** as it is unknown which is his mother and which his *yevama*, **and that one** likewise **performs *ḥalitza* with both women. It is** therefore **found** that **each one of them performs *ḥalitza* with his mother, due to** the **uncertainty.**


###### Yevamot 99a:3
[Yevamot 99a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:3)

לַאֲחוֹתוֹ מִסָּפֵק כֵּיצַד? אִמּוֹ וְאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁיָּלְדוּ שְׁתֵּי נְקֵבוֹת בְּמַחֲבֵא, וּבָאוּ אֲחֵיהֶן שֶׁלֹּא מֵאוֹתָהּ הָאֵם וּנְשָׂאוּם, וּמֵתוּ בְּלֹא בָּנִים — חוֹלֵץ לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן, נִמְצָא חוֹלֵץ לַאֲחוֹתוֹ מִסָּפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There is a case where a man performs *ḥalitza* **with his sister due to uncertainty. How so?** If **his mother and another woman gave birth to two females in hiding,** and they were mixed, **and** the paternal, but **not maternal,** half **brothers** of this man and of the son of the other woman **came and married them, and** those half brothers **died without children,** the *halakha* is that the living half brothers **perform *ḥalitza* with both** wives, each with his half sister-in-law. **It is** therefore **found** that **one performs *ḥalitza* with his** half **sister due to uncertainty.**


###### Yevamot 99a:4
[Yevamot 99a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:4)

לְבִתּוֹ מִסָּפֵק כֵּיצַד? אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁיָּלְדוּ שְׁתֵּי נְקֵבוֹת בְּמַחֲבֵא, וּבָאוּ אֲחֵיהֶן וּנְשָׂאוּם, וּמֵתוּ בְּלֹא בָּנִים — זֶה חוֹלֵץ לְבִתּוֹ מִסָּפֵק, וְזֶה חוֹלֵץ לְבִתּוֹ מִסָּפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There is a case where one performs *ḥalitza* **with his daughter due to uncertainty. How so?** If **his wife and another woman gave birth to two females in hiding,** and they were mixed, **and his brothers** and the brothers of the other woman’s husband **came and married them, and they died without children,** then **this one performs *ḥalitza* with his daughter due to uncertainty, and that one** also **performs *ḥalitza* with his daughter due to uncertainty.**


###### Yevamot 99a:5
[Yevamot 99a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:5)

תַּנְיָא, הָיָה רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה פְּעָמִים שֶׁמּוֹלִידִין חָמֵשׁ אוּמּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Following the previous *baraita*, the Gemara cites two additional *baraitot* that discuss unusual family situations. **It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Meir would say: A man and a woman can sometimes bear** children of **five nations,** i.e., of five separate categories of lineage.


###### Yevamot 99a:6
[Yevamot 99a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:6)

כֵּיצַד? יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁלָּקַח עֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה מִן הַשּׁוּק, וְלָהֶן שְׁנֵי בָנִים, וְנִתְגַּיֵּיר אֶחָד מֵהֶן — נִמְצָא אֶחָד גֵּר וְאֶחָד גּוֹי. הִטְבִּילָן לְשֵׁם עַבְדוּת וְנִזְקְקוּ זֶה לָזֶה, הֲרֵי כָּאן גֵּר וְגוֹי וְעֶבֶד. שִׁחְרֵר אֶת הַשִּׁפְחָה וּבָא עָלֶיהָ הָעֶבֶד, הֲרֵי כָּאן גֵּר וְגוֹי וְעֶבֶד וּמַמְזֵר. שִׁחְרֵר שְׁנֵיהֶם, וְהִשִּׂיאָן זֶה לָזֶה — הֲרֵי כָּאן גֵּר וְגוֹי וְעֶבֶד וּמַמְזֵר וְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**How so?** If **a Jew bought a slave and a maidservant from the market, and** the slave and maidservant **had two children** at the time, **and one of** these children **converted, it is found** that **one** child **is a convert and** the other **one is a gentile.** If the master **immersed** the slave and maidservant **for the sake of** giving them the status of **slaves, and they engaged in intercourse with each other** and had a child, **here there are** three children in the family who are **a convert, and a gentile, and a slave.** If he **freed the maidservant,** which renders her a Jewess, **and** her husband **the slave engaged in intercourse with her,** and they had another child, **here there are a convert, a gentile, a slave, and a *mamzer*.** The offspring of a slave and a Jewess, according to Rabbi Meir, have the same status as a son born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship. If the master subsequently **freed both** the maidservant and the slave **and married them to each other** and they had another child, **here there are a convert, a gentile, a slave, a *mamzer*, and** a regular **Jew.**


###### Yevamot 99a:7
[Yevamot 99a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:7)

מַאי קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן — גּוֹי וְעֶבֶד הַבָּא עַל בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַוָּלָד מַמְזֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the *baraita* **teaching us?** The Gemara answers: It is teaching us that if **a gentile or a slave engaged in intercourse with a Jewish woman,** their **offspring is a *mamzer*.**


###### Yevamot 99a:8
[Yevamot 99a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:8)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: יֵשׁ מוֹכֵר אֶת אָבִיו לְהַגְבּוֹת אִמּוֹ כְּתוּבָּתָהּ. כֵּיצַד? יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַח עֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה מִן הַשּׁוּק וְלָהֶם בֵּן. וְשִׁחְרֵר אֶת הַשִּׁפְחָה וּנְשָׂאָהּ, וְעָמַד וְכָתַב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לִבְנָהּ, נִמְצָא זֶה מוֹכֵר אֶת אָבִיו לְהַגְבּוֹת לְאִמּוֹ כְּתוּבָּתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught: There is** a case in which a man **sells his father** in order **to collect his mother’s marriage contract for her. How so? A Jew bought a slave and a maidservant from the market, and they had a son, and** the master **freed the maidservant and married her, and he arose and wrote** that **all his property** should go **to her son,** including her son’s father, the slave. **It is found** that **this** son, after receiving the master’s property, might **sell his father to collect** for **his mother her marriage contract.**


###### Yevamot 99a:9
[Yevamot 99a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:9)

מַאי קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן? כּוּלַּהּ רַבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא, וְעַבְדָּא מִטַּלְטְלֵי, וּמִטַּלְטְלֵי מִשְׁתַּעְבְּדִי לִכְתוּבָה. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: הָא קָמַשְׁמַע לַן עַבְדָּא כִּמְקַרְקַע דָּמֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the *baraita* **teaching us?** The Gemara answers: **The entire** *baraita* **is** the statement of **Rabbi Meir, and** it is teaching us that although the legal status of **a slave is** like that of **movable property, and** there are those who hold that movable property cannot be mortgaged, Rabbi Meir holds that **movable property is mortgaged for a marriage contract.** This is also Rabbi Meir’s ruling elsewhere. Therefore, one might be obligated to sell his slave to pay a marriage contract. **And if you wish, say** that it is **teaching us this:** The legal status of **a slave is like** that of **real estate,** and therefore, according to all opinions one is obligated to sell his slave to pay a marriage contract.


###### Yevamot 99a:10
[Yevamot 99a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:10)

**מַתְנִי׳** הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב וְלָדָהּ בִּוְלַד כַּלָּתָהּ, הִגְדִּילוּ הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת וְנָשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים, וּמֵתוּ — בְּנֵי הַכַּלָּה חוֹלְצִין וְלֹא מְיַיבְּמִין, שֶׁהוּא סָפֵק אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו, סָפֵק אֵשֶׁת אֲחִי אָבִיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** With regard to **a woman whose offspring was mixed with the offspring of her daughter-in-law,** and their lineage was consequently indeterminate, and **the mixed** sons **matured and married women, and** subsequently **they died, the** certain **sons of the daughter-in-law perform *ḥalitza*** with the wives, **but not levirate marriage, as** with regard to each wife **it is uncertain** whether she is **his brother’s wife,** and therefore his *yevama*, and **uncertain** whether she is **his father’s brother’s wife,** who is forbidden to him.


###### Yevamot 99a:11
[Yevamot 99a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:11)

בְּנֵי הַזְּקֵנָה אוֹ חוֹלְצִין אוֹ מְיַיבְּמִין, שֶׁ[הוּא] סָפֵק אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְאֵשֶׁת בֶּן אָחִיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, **the** certain **sons of the elder woman,** i.e., the mother-in-law, **perform either *ḥalitza* or levirate marriage, as** with regard to each wife **it is uncertain** whether she is **his brother’s wife,** in which case levirate marriage is valid, **or his brother’s son’s wife,** in which case she is permitted to him, after having performed *ḥalitza* with a son of the daughter-in-law.


###### Yevamot 99a:12
[Yevamot 99a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:12)

מֵתוּ הַכְּשֵׁרִים, הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת לִבְנֵי הַזְּקֵנָה חוֹלְצִין וְלֹא מְיַיבְּמִין, שֶׁהוּא סָפֵק אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְאֵשֶׁת אֲחִי אָבִיו. לִבְנֵי הַכַּלָּה — אֶחָד חוֹלֵץ, וְאֶחָד מְיַיבֵּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **the** sons of certain, **unflawed** lineage were the ones who **died,** then **the mixed** sons **perform *ḥalitza* with** the widows of **the elder woman’s sons but not levirate marriage, as it is uncertain** whether she is **his brother’s wife or his father’s brother’s wife. With** the widows of **the** certain **sons of the daughter-in-law, one** of the mixed sons **performs *ḥalitza*,** in case she is his brother’s wife. **And** the other **one performs levirate marriage,** as even if she is his brother’s son’s wife, she is permitted to him.


###### Yevamot 99a:13
[Yevamot 99a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yevamot/r/99a:13)

כֹּהֶנֶת שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב וְלָדָהּ בִּוְלַד שִׁפְחָתָהּ — הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ אוֹכְלִים בִּתְרוּמָה — וְחוֹלְקִין חֵלֶק אֶחָד בַּגּוֹרֶן,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In the case of **a priestess whose offspring was mixed with her maidservant’s offspring, they may partake of *teruma*,** as both a priest and the slave of a priest partake of *teruma*. **And they receive one share** of *teruma* **in the granary.**