## Yoma Daf 13b

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

לְמַפְרֵעַ דְּגִיטָּא דְּהָא לָאו גִּיטָּא הוּא, וְעָבֵיד לֵיהּ עֲבוֹדָה בִּשְׁנֵי בָתִּים! אֶלָּא, דְּאָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁתָּמוּת חֲבֶרְתִּיךְ. וְדִילְמָא מָיְיתָא חֲבֶרְתַּהּ, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ גִּיטָּא דְּהָא גִּיטָּא, וְקָם לֵיהּ בְּלֹא בַּיִת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**retroactively that the bill of divorce of this** second woman **is not a** valid **bill of divorce,** since the first wife died. In that case, it turns out retroactively that **he performed** part of **the service with two houses,** married to two wives. **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 dies.** The Gemara asks: In this case, too, **perhaps her counterpart** will **die and the bill of divorce of this** second woman **is** a valid **bill of divorce, and** he will **remain without a house** at all.


###### Yoma 13b:2
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אֶלָּא, דִּמְגָרֵשׁ לְהוּ לְתַרְוַיְיהוּ. לַחֲדָא אָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּת חֲבֶרְתִּיךְ, וְלַחֲדָא אָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תִּכָּנְסִי לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת. וְדִילְמָא לָא מָיְיתָא חֲבֶרְתַּהּ, וְלָא עָיְילָא הִיא לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ גִּיטָּא דְתַרְוַיְיהוּ גִּיטָּא, וְקָם לֵיהּ בְּלֹא בַּיִת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** this is a case where **he divorces both of them** provisionally, with a different stipulation to each woman. **To one, he says: This is your bill of divorce on condition that your counterpart will not die. And to** the other **one, he says: This is your bill of divorce on condition that you will not enter the synagogue** on Yom Kippur, cognizant of the fact that she can easily fulfill that condition and thereby effect her divorce. The Gemara asks: **And perhaps her counterpart** will **not die,** fulfilling the condition and effecting the divorce of one wife; **and she will not enter the synagogue,** fulfilling the condition and effecting the divorce of the other wife. In that case **the bill of divorce of both** women **is a** valid **bill of divorce and he remains without a wife.**


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

אֶלָּא, לַחֲדָא אָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּת חֲבֶרְתִּיךְ. וְלַחֲדָא אָמַר לַהּ: הֲרֵי זֶה גִּיטֵּיךְ עַל מְנָת שֶׁאֶכָּנֵס אֲנִי לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת. דְּאִי מָיְיתָא הָא — קָיְימָא הָא, וְאִי מָיְיתָא הָא — קָיְימָא הָא. מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר? דִּילְמָא מָיְיתָא חֲבֶרְתַּהּ בְּפַלְגָא דַעֲבוֹדָה, וְעָבֵד לֵיהּ עֲבוֹדָה לְמַפְרֵעַ בִּשְׁנֵי בָתִּים? אִי חָזֵי לַהּ דְּקָא בָּעֲיָא לְמֵימַת — קָדֵים אִיהוּ וְעָיֵיל לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, וּמְשַׁוֵּי לְגִיטָּא דְּהָא גִּיטָּא לְמַפְרֵעַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it is a case where **to one** of the women, the High Priest **says: This is your bill of divorce on condition that your counterpart does not die. And to** the other **one** of the women **he says: This is your bill of divorce on condition that I will enter the synagogue. If this** wife **dies, that** other **one is alive; and if that** other one **dies, this** one **is alive. What is there to say** in refuting this possibility? **Perhaps her counterpart will die in the middle of the service,** and it will turn out retroactively that **he performed** part of **the service with two houses,** married to two wives. **If he sees that she seeks,** i.e., she is about **to die, he** will then **preemptively enter the synagogue, rendering the bill of divorce of** the dying wife **a** valid **bill of divorce retroactively.** He will then be married to only one woman. In that way, a second wife can be designated for the High Priest without him being married to two women on Yom Kippur.


###### Yoma 13b:4
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב אַסִּי, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב עַוִּירָא: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, שְׁתֵּי יְבָמוֹת הַבָּאוֹת מִבַּיִת אֶחָד, לֹא יִתְיַיבְּמוּ! ״יְבִמְתּוֹ״ ״יְבִמְתּוֹ״ רִיבָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Asi, and some say** it was **Rav Avira, strongly objects to** that conclusion: **However, if** that is **so,** that from the term: His house, in the singular, one derives one wife and not two, then **two widows of a brother who died without a child [*yevamot*] who come from one house,** i.e., they were married to the same man, should **not be** obligated **to** marry his brother in **levirate marriage.** In addressing levirate marriage, the Torah says: “So shall it be done to the man that does not build his brother’s house” (Deuteronomy 25:9). One may derive from this: One house, i.e., wife, and not two. The Gemara responds that when the Torah says: “Then **his *yevama*** shall go up to the gate” (Deuteronomy 25:7), “and **his *yevama*** will draw nigh to him” (Deuteronomy 25:9), twice, it comes to **include** a situation where the deceased had two wives; in that case one of them is required to marry his brother in levirate marriage.


###### Yoma 13b:5
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רָבִינָא, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב שֵׁרֵבְיָה: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה אֲרוּסָה לֹא תִּתְיַיבֵּם? ״הַחוּצָה״, לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָאֲרוּסָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina, and some say** it was **Rav Sherevya, strongly objects to this:** It was stated above that a woman betrothed to the High Priest is not considered his house, i.e., his wife. **However, if** that is **so, a betrothed** woman whose betrothed passed away should **not be** obligated **to** marry his brother in **levirate marriage,** since the term: House, appears in that context as well. In practice, that is not the *halakha*. The Gemara answers that the Torah says: “The wife of the dead shall not be married **outside** to one not of his kin” (Deuteronomy 25:5). The superfluous term: Outside, comes **to include the betrothed woman.** Although she is technically still outside the family, the brother of the deceased must either marry her in levirate marriage or perform *ḥalitza*.


###### Yoma 13b:6
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַקְרִיב אוֹנֵן, וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: כׇּל הַיּוֹם. מַאי ״כׇּל הַיּוֹם״? אָמַר רָבָא: לֹא נִצְרְכָה אֶלָּא לַהֲבִיאוֹ מִתּוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Apropos the death of the wife of the High Priest, the Gemara cites an additional *baraita*. **The Sages taught: A High Priest sacrifices** offerings when he is an **acute mourner,** on the day of a relative’s death, but **does not eat** from those offerings. **Rabbi Yehuda says: The entire day.** The Gemara asks: **What** is the meaning of the phrase: **The entire day?** Rava said: This phrase **is necessary only to bring him from his house.** Not only is it permitted for the High Priest to serve in the Temple when he is an acute mourner, but it is a mitzva to bring him from his house to serve in the Temple for the entire day to help ease his pain.


###### Yoma 13b:7
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: הַשְׁתָּא לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אַפּוֹקֵי מַפְּקִינַן לֵיהּ, דְּתַנְיָא: הָיָה עוֹמֵד וּמַקְרִיב עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְשָׁמַע שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ מֵת, מַנִּיחַ עֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְיוֹצֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: יִגְמוֹר. וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ מַיְיתִינַן לֵיהּ מִתּוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said to him: Now,** according **to** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, we remove** the High Priest from the Temple when he is an acute mourner, **as it was taught** in a *baraita*: If a common priest **was standing and sacrificing** an offering **on top of the altar and heard that** a relative **of his died, he leaves his service** in the middle **and exits** the Temple; this is **the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Yosei says: He completes** the service and then leaves. Rabbi Yehuda rules stringently in the case of a priest who is an acute mourner sacrificing an offering. Even though the *baraita* is referring to a common priest, it is reasonable to say that the same is true with regard to a High Priest as well. Rabbi Yehuda says that a High Priest who becomes an acute mourner exits the Temple, **and you say we bring** the High Priest who is an acute mourner **from his house** to serve?


###### Yoma 13b:8
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: מַאי ״כׇּל הַיּוֹם״ —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava said:** The initial interpretation must be rejected. **What** is the meaning of the phrase: **The entire day?**