## Yevamot Daf 99b

###### Yevamot 99b:1
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וְאֵינָן מִטַּמְּאִין לְמֵתִים. וְאֵינָן נוֹשְׂאִין נָשִׁים, בֵּין כְּשֵׁרוֹת בֵּין פְּסוּלוֹת. הִגְדִּילוּ הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת וְשִׁחְרְרוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה — נוֹשְׂאִין נָשִׁים רְאוּיוֹת לַכְּהוּנָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And they may not become ritually impure** with impurity imparted **by a corpse,** as each of them might be a priest. **And they may not marry women, whether unflawed** women, who may not marry a slave, **or** women **unfit** to marry into the priesthood, as with regard to each of them it is uncertain whether he is a priest or a slave. If **the mixed** sons **matured and freed each other, they may marry women fit** to marry **into the priesthood,** as a freed slave may marry such women. However, neither may marry a woman unfit for the priesthood, in case he is a priest.


###### Yevamot 99b:2
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וְאֵינָן מְטַמְּאִין לְמֵתִים, וְאִם נִטְמְאוּ — אֵינָן סוֹפְגִין הָאַרְבָּעִים. וְאֵינָן אוֹכְלִין בִּתְרוּמָה, וְאִם אָכְלוּ — אֵינָן מְשַׁלְּמִין קֶרֶן וָחוֹמֶשׁ. וְאֵינָן חוֹלְקִין עַל הַגּוֹרֶן. וּמוֹכְרִין אֶת הַתְּרוּמָה, וְהַדָּמִים שֶׁלָּהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And they may not become ritually impure** with impurity imparted **by a corpse,** since they are uncertain priests. **However, if they became impure, they do not receive the forty** lashes, as each of them might not be priest. **And they may not partake of *teruma*,** as one of them is not a priest. **However, if they ate** *teruma* unwittingly **they do not pay** the **principal and the** additional **fifth,** as each of them might be a priest. **And they do not receive a share** of *teruma* **in the granary,** as neither can prove that he is a priest. **However, they may sell the *teruma*** that they remove from their own produce, **and** although they may not eat it, **the money is theirs.** Since it cannot be proven with regard to either of them that he is not a priest, *teruma* cannot be appropriated from them.


###### Yevamot 99b:3
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וְאֵינָן חוֹלְקִין בְּקׇדְשֵׁי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְאֵין נוֹתְנִים לָהֶם קָדָשִׁים. וְאֵין מוֹצִיאִין שֶׁלָּהֶם מִידֵיהֶם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And they do not receive a share of the consecrated** offerings **of the Temple,** as each of them might not be a priest. **And one may not give them consecrated** offerings to sacrifice for the same reason. **However,** the hides of **their own** offerings **may not be appropriated from their possession,** as it cannot be proven with regard to either of them that he is not a priest.


###### Yevamot 99b:4
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וּפְטוּרִין מִן הַזְּרוֹעַ וּמִן הַלְּחָיַיִם וּמִן הַקֵּיבָה, וּבְכוֹרוֹ יְהֵא רוֹעֶה עַד שֶׁיִּסְתָּאֵב. וְנוֹתְנִין עָלָיו חוּמְרֵי כֹהֲנִים וְחוּמְרֵי יִשְׂרְאֵלִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And they are exempt from** giving a priest **the foreleg, and from** giving him **the jaw, and from** giving him **the maw** of their non-consecrated kosher animals. **And** with regard to either of them, the **firstling of his** kosher animal **should graze until it becomes unfit** to be sacrificed, i.e., until it gets a blemish. It is against his interest to sacrifice the animal before it gets a blemish, thereby letting it be eaten by the priests. Once it gets a blemish, it cannot be appropriated from him. Since he is possibly a priest, he may claim that the animal is the property of a priest. The animal then becomes his private property, and he may eat it if he wishes. **And** in general, **we place upon him** both **the stringencies of priests and the stringencies of Israelites.**


###### Yevamot 99b:5
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**גְּמָ׳** מֵתוּ הַכְּשֵׁרִים וְכוּ׳. אֶלָּא הָנָךְ, מִשּׁוּם דְּאִיעָרוּב לְהוּ הָווּ לְהוּ פְּסוּלִין? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא, אֵימָא: וּמֵתוּ הַוַּדָּאִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** It is stated in the mishna that if **the** sons of certain, **unflawed** lineage were the **ones who died,** the mixed sons perform *ḥalitza* with the widows of the elder woman’s sons, but not levirate marriage. The Gemara asks: Does this indicate that **because these** sons **were mixed up they are** rendered **unfit?** The fact that their lineage is unclear should not render them unfit. **Rava Pappa said: Say** that the correct wording is: **And if the certain** sons were the ones who **died.**


###### Yevamot 99b:6
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לִבְנֵי הַכַּלָּה אֶחָד חוֹלֵץ וְכוּ׳. דַּוְקָא מִיחְלָץ וַהֲדַר יַבּוֹמֵי, אֲבָל יַבּוֹמֵי בְּרֵישָׁא — לָא, דְּקָפָגַע בִּיבָמָה לַשּׁוּק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is stated in the mishna that **with** the widows of **the** certain **sons of the daughter-in-law, one** of the mixed sons **performs *ḥalitza*** and the other one performs levirate marriage. The Gemara comments that ***ḥalitza* is specifically performed** first, **and afterward levirate marriage. However, levirate marriage is not** performed **first, because** if she is not his own *yevama* but rather his brother’s daughter-in-law, doing so **breaches** the prohibition against **a *yevama*** engaging in intercourse **with** a member of **the public.**


###### Yevamot 99b:7
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כֹּהֶנֶת שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב וְכוּ׳. חֵלֶק אֶחָד פְּשִׁיטָא! אֵימָא חֵלֶק כְּאֶחָד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It is stated in the mishna that in the case of **a priestess** whose offspring **was mixed** with her maidservant’s offspring, they receive one share of *teruma* in the granary. The Gemara asks: **Isn’t** it **obvious** that they receive **one share** and no more? Rather, **say** that they receive **a share as one,** i.e., they receive a share at the granary only if they come together.


###### Yevamot 99b:8
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תְּנַן כְּמַאן דְּאָמַר אֵין חוֹלְקִין תְּרוּמָה לְעֶבֶד אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן רַבּוֹ עִמּוֹ. דְּתַנְיָא: אֵין חוֹלְקִין תְּרוּמָה לְעֶבֶד אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן רַבּוֹ עִמּוֹ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל שֶׁיֹּאמַר, אִם כֹּהֵן אֲנִי — תְּנוּ לִי בִּשְׁבִיל עַצְמִי, וְאִם עֶבֶד כֹּהֵן אֲנִי — תְּנוּ לִי בִּשְׁבִיל רַבִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: According to this modification, **we** have **learned** in the mishna a ruling that is **in accordance with the one who said** that **one may distribute *teruma* to a slave only if his master is with him, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **One may distribute *teruma* to the slave** of a priest who is possibly a priest himself **only if his master is with him;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Yosei says** that *teruma* is distributed to him alone, even without the accompaniment of his master, as **he can say: If I am a priest, give me** *teruma* **due to my** own priesthood, **and if I am the slave of a priest, give me due to my master.**


###### Yevamot 99b:9
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בִּמְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הָיוּ מַעֲלִין מִתְּרוּמָה לְיוּחֲסִין. בִּמְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֹא הָיוּ מַעֲלִין מִתְּרוּמָה לְיוּחֲסִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains the background behind this dispute: **In Rabbi Yehuda’s place, they would elevate** a person **to** the presumptive status of priesthood for the purpose of **lineage on** the basis of his having received ***teruma*.** If they saw a person receive *teruma*, they would assume that he is a priest and testify to that effect. Therefore, *teruma* was not distributed to someone who might be a slave, unless he was accompanied by his master, lest the slave be assumed to be a priest himself. Conversely, **in Rabbi Yosei’s place they would not elevate** a person **to** the presumptive status of priestly **lineage** on the basis of his having received ***teruma*.** Therefore, he was allowed to receive *teruma* independently.


###### Yevamot 99b:10
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תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בַּר צָדוֹק: מִיָּמַי לֹא הֵעַדְתִּי אֶלָּא עֵדוּת אֶחָד, וְהֶעֱלוּ עֶבֶד לַכְּהוּנָּה עַל פִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok said: In** all **my days I never** had the opportunity to **testify** in court, **besides one testimony, and they promoted a slave to** the presumptive status of **priesthood on** the basis of **my word.** Although they presumably examined the matter carefully, an error occurred.


###### Yevamot 99b:11
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הֶעֱלוּ סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ?! הַשְׁתָּא בְּהֶמְתָּן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים אֵין הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מֵבִיא תַּקָּלָה עַל יָדָן, צַדִּיקִים עַצְמָן לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: Can it **enter your mind** that **they** actually **promoted** him? **Now** consider: If, even **through the animals of the righteous, the Holy One, Blessed be He, does not bring** about **a stumbling block,** then through **the righteous themselves, all the more so** is it **not** so that He does not bring about stumbling blocks?


###### Yevamot 99b:12
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אֶלָּא אֵימָא: בִּקְּשׁוּ לְהַעֲלוֹת עֶבֶד לַכְּהוּנָּה עַל פִּי. חֲזָא בְּאַתְרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי — וַאֲזַל וְאַסְהֵיד בְּאַתְרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, say** that this is what Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok meant: **They sought to promote a slave to** the presumptive status of **priesthood on** the basis of **my word.** How did this happen? Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok **saw** a man receiving *teruma* **in Rabbi Yosei’s locale and went and testified in Rabbi Yehuda’s locale** about what he saw, not realizing that this testimony would be sufficient grounds to assume that the man is a priest. Since *teruma* is distributed there only to priests, the slave was almost promoted to the presumptive status of priesthood erroneously.


###### Yevamot 99b:13
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: עֲשָׂרָה אֵין חוֹלְקִין לָהֶם תְּרוּמָה בְּבֵית הַגֳּרָנוֹת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: חֵרֵשׁ, שׁוֹטֶה, וְקָטָן, טוּמְטוּם, וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס, וְהָעֶבֶד, וְהָאִשָּׁה, וְהֶעָרֵל, וְהַטָּמֵא, וְנוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה שֶׁאֵינָהּ הוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ. וְכוּלָּן מְשַׁגְּרִין לָהֶם לְבָתֵּיהֶם, חוּץ מִטָּמֵא וְנוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה שֶׁאֵינָהּ הוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught:** There are **ten** types of priests **to whom one may not distribute *teruma* in the granary, and they are: A deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor, a person whose sexual organs are concealed [*tumtum*], and a hermaphrodite, and a slave, and a woman, and an uncircumcised man, and a ritually impure man, and** one who **marries a woman** who is **unfit for him,** i.e., who is unfit to marry a priest. **And** with regard to **all of them, one may send** *teruma* **to them, to their homes, with the exception of a ritually impure man and** one who **marries a woman** who is **unfit for him.**


###### Yevamot 99b:14
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בִּשְׁלָמָא חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן — לָאו בְּנֵי דֵּיעָה נִינְהוּ. טוּמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס נָמֵי —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Granted,** *teruma* may not be distributed to **a deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor,** as **they are not competent,** and it is unbecoming to give them *teruma* in public. It is **also** inappropriate to distribute *teruma* to **a *tumtum* and a hermaphrodite,**