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YEVAMOS 26 (12 Sivan) - Dedicated by Rabbi and Mrs. Mordecai Kornfeld in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Yisrael Kornfeld

1)
(a) Our Mishnah cites two sets of circumstances under which all the above prohibitions (Chacham, Meivi Get and Me'id) become permitted; one of them is if they were married at the time that they became involved with the woman, and their wives subsequently died. What is the other?
(b) What is the Din regarding the women marrying the relatives of the men concerned?
(c) What can we extrapolate from the fact that, in the earlier case, the Mishnah mentions specifically that 'their wives subsequently died'?
(d) How do we reconcile this with the Beraisa which permits it?
(e) Alternatively, how do we establish the Beraisa, even if they had not quarreled earlier?
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2)
(a) When the Tana says 'v'Chulan she'Nis'u la'Acherim, v'Nisgarshu O she'Nis'almenu, Mutaros li'Nasei Lahem', we think that Misah ('Nis'almenu') refers to the earlier case of 'Mes, Haragtiv ... ', and Gerushin to 'ha'Meivi Get'. Why could the author of our Mishnah then not be Rebbi?
(b) How do we establish our Mishnah even Rebbi?
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3)
(a) Why is it that, whereas our Mishnah permits a woman to marry the sons or the brothers of the suspected man, the Mishnah in ha'Ishah Rabah forbids the suspected man to marry the mother or the daughter of the woman concerned?
(b) Then why did the Tana mention specifically the man's son or brother, omitting his father? Does this mean that the woman is forbidden to his father?
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4)
(a) Our Mishnah rules that if two of four brothers marry two sisters and die, then the remaining brothers must perform Chalitzah and not Yibum. According to the Tana Kama, if they did perform Yibum, they must immediately divorce their Yevamos. What does Rebbi Eliezer say?
(b) What will be the Din, if one of the sisters is ...
1. ... an Ervah (e.g. a mother-in-law) to one of the brothers?
2. ... a Sheniyah or a Chayvei Lavin?
(c) Why the difference?
(d) In which case did they say 'Achosah k'she'Hi Yevimtah, O Choletzes O Misyabemes'?
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5)
(a) Considering the two sisters who fall to the two brothers fall from two houses, we initially contend that the Tana of our Mishnah must hold 'Yesh Zikah'. What are the ramifications of this statement (besides the Din discussed in our Mishnah)?
(b) How do we refute the proof that 'Yesh Zikah'? Why else might Yibum be prohibited?
(c) In that case, why does the Tana speak specifically of four brothers, and not three, where Yibum will certainly be nullified?
(d) Why would this not be a problem if the Tana's reason was 'Yesh Zikah (va'Afilu bi'Trei Achi)'?
(e) The Tana specifically states the Din of two sisters when there are four brothers, as we just explained. What will be the Din if there are five?
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6)
(a) What does Rabah bar Rav Huna quoting Rav say in a case where three sisters fall before two brothers for Yibum?
(b) What does Rabah extrapolate from Rav's ruling?
(c) What makes it a Chalitzah Pesulah?
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7)
(a) Then why is this ruling confined to the 'middle' sister? Why not to the other two?
(b) What would the Din be if all three sisters fell at the same time?
(c) How do we reconcile all this with the fact that Rav himself holds 'Ein Zikah'?
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8)
(a) Shmuel disagrees with Rav's current ruling. What does he say about the case where three sisters fall before two brothers for Yibum?
(b) We query Shmuel however, from another statement of his. What does he say in a case where two sisters who were married to two brothers, and who fell before the third brother for Yibum, each one together with a Tzarah, if the brother performed Chalitzah with ...
1. ... the sisters?
2. ... the Tzaros?
(c) Why the difference?
(d) How does this appear to contradict Shmuel's current ruling?
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9)
(a) So how do we reconcile Shmuel's two statements?
(b) In which point does he then disagree with Rav?
(c) Then why did he say 'le'Chulan'?
(d) How do we alternatively reconcile Shmuel's two statements, even if we explain his first statement literally?
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