## Yoma Daf 13a

###### Yoma 13a:1
[Yoma 13a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/13a:1)

הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וּמוֹדֶה רַבִּי יוֹסֵי שֶׁאִם עָבַר וְעָבַד — עֲבוֹדָתוֹ כְּשֵׁרָה. אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וּמוֹדֶה רַבִּי יוֹסֵי שֶׁאִם מֵת רִאשׁוֹן, שֶׁחוֹזֵר לַעֲבוֹדָתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The ***halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei** that the original High Priest returns to his service, while the second is fit to serve neither as High Priest nor as a common priest. **And Rabbi Yosei concedes that if** the second priest **violated** this provision **and served** as High Priest wearing eight garments, **his service is valid. Rav Yehuda said** that **Rav said:** The ***halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei, and Rabbi Yosei conceded that if** the **original** High Priest **dies,** the second **returns to his service** as High Priest.


###### Yoma 13a:2
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פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא, הָוְיָא לֵיהּ צָרָה מֵחַיִּים. קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: That is **obvious.** Clearly, the second priest may serve as High Priest after the first one dies without concern that their rivalry will generate hatred between them. The Gemara answers: **Lest you say** that the mere knowledge that another priest is in waiting to replace him is enough to generate hatred, and **would be for him** like a woman whose husband has taken a **rival wife in** her **lifetime;** therefore, Rav **teaches us** that this is not a concern.


###### Yoma 13a:3
[Yoma 13a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/13a:3)

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַף אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת מַתְקִינִין לוֹ. וְרַבָּנַן נָמֵי, הָא חָיְישִׁי לְשֶׁמָּא? אָמְרִי לָךְ רַבָּנַן: טוּמְאָה שְׁכִיחָא, מִיתָה לָא שְׁכִיחָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It was taught in the mishna that **Rabbi Yehuda says:** The Sages would **even designate another wife for** the High Priest lest his wife die. The Rabbis say: There is no concern lest his wife die, and therefore the Sages did not designate another wife for him. The Gemara asks with regard to **the Rabbis: Aren’t they concerned lest** he become impure, which is why the Sages designate a replacement High Priest? Why then, are they not concerned lest his wife die? The Gemara answers that **the Rabbis** could have **said to you: Impurity is common,** as it is not unusual for the High Priest to become impure either due to secretions from his body or from an external source. **Death is not common,** and therefore there is no concern lest his wife die.


###### Yoma 13a:4
[Yoma 13a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/13a:4)

אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם כֵּן, אֵין לַדָּבָר סוֹף. שַׁפִּיר קָא אָמְרִי לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה! וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה — אָמַר לָךְ: לְמִיתָה דַחֲדָא — חָיְישִׁינַן. לְמִיתָה דְתַרְתֵּי — לָא חָיְישִׁינַן. וְרַבָּנַן? אִי אִיכָּא לְמֵיחַשׁ — אֲפִילּוּ לְמִיתָה דִּתְרֵין חָיְישִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was taught in the mishna that **the Rabbis said to** Rabbi Yehuda: **If so,** that you are concerned lest his wife die, **there is no end to the matter.** You should also be concerned lest the second wife die, requiring designation of a third and even a fourth wife. The Gemara comments: The Rabbis **spoke well to Rabbi Yehuda,** making a good point. What can Rabbi Yehuda respond? **Rabbi Yehuda** could have **said to you: For** the potential **death of one** wife, **we are concerned; for** the potential **death of two** wives, **we are not concerned,** as the likelihood of that happening is negligible. The Gemara asks: **And** what would **the Rabbis** respond to that contention? They would say: **If there is** reason **to be concerned** for a potential death, then **even for** the potential **death of two** wives, **we are concerned.**


###### Yoma 13a:5
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וְרַבָּנַן, נֵימְרוּ אִינְהוּ לְנַפְשַׁיְיהוּ! אָמְרִי לָךְ רַבָּנַן: כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל זָרִיז הוּא. אִי זָרִיז הוּא, לָמָּה מַתְקִינִין כֹּהֵן אַחֵר? כֵּיוָן דְּעָבְדִינַן לֵיהּ צָרָה, כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן דְּמִזְדָּרַז טְפֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: If according to **the Rabbis** there is no distinction between concern that one wife might die and concern that two wives might die, **let them say** the same with regard **to their own** opinion. Just as they designate a replacement lest the High Priest become impure, they should designate a second replacement lest the first replacement also become impure. The Gemara answers that **the Rabbis** could have **said to you: The High Priest is vigilant** in avoiding impurity. No amount of vigilance can prevent death. The Gemara asks: **If he is vigilant** in avoiding impurity, then **why do** the Sages **designate another priest** in his stead? The reason for the designation of the replacement is that **once we establish** a replacement as a **rival, all the more so** will the High Priest **be** even **more vigilant** in avoiding impurity to maintain his position.


###### Yoma 13a:6
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וּמִי סַגִּי לֵיהּ בְּתַקַּנְתָּא? ״בֵּיתוֹ״ אָמַר רַחֲמָנָא, וְהָךְ לָאו בֵּיתוֹ הִיא! דִּמְקַדֵּשׁ לַהּ. וְהָא כַּמָּה דְּלָא כָּנֵיס לַהּ — לָאו בֵּיתוֹ הִיא! דְּכָנֵיס לָהּ. אִם כֵּן, הָוֵה לֵיהּ שְׁנֵי בָתִּים, וְרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר: ״וְכִפֶּר בַּעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד בֵּיתוֹ״, וְלֹא בְּעַד שְׁנֵי בָתִּים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara asks with regard to Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion: **And is designation** of a second wife **sufficient for him? The Merciful One stated** in the Torah: “And he shall make atonement for himself and for **his house”** (Leviticus 16:11). House means wife; **and this** designated woman **is not his wife** as they are not yet married. What purpose does designation serve if his wife dies on Yom Kippur? The Gemara answers: **He betroths her** before Yom Kippur. The Gemara asks: **But** that does not solve the problem. **As long as he has not married her, she is not** yet **his house,** i.e., his wife. The Gemara answers: Rabbi Yehuda says **that** not only is a replacement wife designated, but **he** actually **marries her. If so,** another problem arises. The High Priest **has two houses, and the Merciful One said: “And he shall make atonement for himself and for his house”** (Leviticus 16:11). He atones for one house **and not for two houses.**


###### Yoma 13a:7
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דַּהֲדַר מְגָרֵשׁ לַהּ. אִי מְגָרֵשׁ לַהּ, הָדְרָא קוּשְׁיַין לְדוּכְתָּא! לָא צְרִיכָא, דִּמְגָרֵשׁ לַהּ עַל תְּנַאי. דְּאָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת [שֶׁתָּמוּתִי. וְדִילְמָא לָא מָיְיתָא, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ שְׁנֵי בָתִּים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: Rabbi Yehuda says **that** after marrying the second wife, **he then divorces her.** The Gemara asks: **If he divorces her, our difficulty is restored to its** original **place.** There is no point in designating a second wife, as if the first wife dies, the second woman is not married to him. The Gemara responds: **No,** it is **necessary** in a case **where** he marries her and **divorces her provisionally, as he says to her: This is your bill of divorce on condition that you die** on Yom Kippur. If she dies on Yom Kippur, then she was divorced retroactively and he has only one wife; if she does not die but the original wife dies, her divorce does not take effect and the second wife is married to the High Priest. In either case, the High Priest has only one wife. The Gemara asks: **And perhaps neither** she nor the original wife **will die, and** the High Priest then **has two houses** on Yom Kippur.


###### Yoma 13a:8
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אֶלָּא דְּאָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת] שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּתִי. אִי לָא מָיְתָה — מִיגָּרְשָׁא לַהּ. וְאִי מָיְתָה הָא — קָיְימָא הָךְ. וְדִילְמָא הִיא לָא מָיְתָה, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ גִּיטָּא דְּהַאי גִּיטָּא, וּמָיְיתָא חֲבֶרְתַּהּ, וְקָם לֵיהּ בְּלֹא בַּיִת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it is a case **where** the High Priest **said to her,** the woman designated: **This is your bill of divorce on condition that you will not die** on Yom Kippur. **If** she does **not die,** then **she is divorced** and he remains married to the original wife; **if she dies, isn’t that** original wife **alive** and he remains married to her alone? The Gemara asks: **And perhaps the** second one will **not die and her bill of divorce will be** a valid **bill of divorce,** meaning she is not his wife, but **her counterpart** might die, **leaving** the High Priest **without a wife** at all on Yom Kippur.


###### Yoma 13a:9
[Yoma 13a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/13a:9)

אֶלָּא, דְּאָמַר לַהּ: עַל מְנָת שֶׁתָּמוּת [אַחַת מִכֶּם]. מָיְתָה הָא — קָיְימָא הָךְ, מָיְתָה הָךְ — הָא קָיְימָא הָא. וְדִילְמָא לָא מָיְיתָא וְלָא חֲדָא מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ שְׁנֵי בָתִּים?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it is a case **where** the High Priest **said to her: This is your bill of divorce on condition that one of you dies.** If **this** one **dies, that** one **is alive,** and if **that** one **dies, isn’t this** one **alive?** The Gemara asks: **And perhaps neither one of them** will **die, and he will** then **have two houses.**


###### Yoma 13a:10
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וְעוֹד: כִּי הַאי גַּוְונָא מִי הָוֵי גִּיטָּא? וְהָאָמַר רָבָא: ״הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁתִּי יַיִן כׇּל יְמֵי חַיַּי וְחַיַּיְכִי״ — אֵין זֶה כְּרִיתוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore,** the question arises: **Is** a document **of that sort** a valid **bill of divorce?** Does a condition of that sort take effect? **But didn’t Rava say:** If a man says to his wife: **This is your bill of divorce on condition that you will not drink wine** for **all the days of my life and your life, that is not severance.** The bill of divorce in the Torah is called a bill of severance, meaning that for the document to be valid all connections between the husband and wife must be severed. If there is a provision in the document that maintains a permanent connection between the spouses, e.g., not to drink wine for all of her life, the document does not effect a valid divorce.


###### Yoma 13a:11
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כׇּל יְמֵי חַיַּי פְּלוֹנִי — הֲרֵי זֶה כְּרִיתוּת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, if one said to his wife: This is your bill of divorce on condition that you will not drink wine during **all the days of the life of so-and-so; that is severance.** Since the condition is not dependent on her and him but on the life of a third party, it is like any other condition in a divorce. Therefore, in the case of the High Priest, since the divorce takes effect only if neither of the women dies, that is a condition that maintains a relationship between the husband and wife for as long as she lives, which invalidates the divorce.


###### Yoma 13a:12
[Yoma 13a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/13a:12)

אֶלָּא, דְּאָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּת חֲבֶרְתִּיךְ. אִי לָא מָיְתָה חֲבֶרְתַּהּ — מִיגָּרְשָׁא, וְאִי מָיְתָה הָא — הָא קָיְימָא הָא. וְדִילְמָא מָיְיתָא חֲבֶרְתַּהּ בְּפַלְגָא דַעֲבוֹדָה, וְאִיגַּלַּי מִלְּתָא

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it is a case **where** the High Priest **said to** the second wife: **This is your bill of divorce on condition that your counterpart,** the other wife, **will not die. If her counterpart,** the first woman, **does not die,** the second woman **is divorced; and if** the first woman **dies, isn’t** the second woman **alive** and not divorced? The Gemara asks: **And perhaps her counterpart will die in the middle of the** Yom Kippur **service, and it will become clear**