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יבמות ד׳Yevamot 4

Perek 4 of 16 in Yevamot — 13 mishnayot

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Mishnah 1א׳

הַחוֹלֵץ לִיבִמְתּוֹ, וְנִמְצֵאת מְעֻבֶּרֶת וְיָלָדָה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַוָּלָד שֶׁל קְיָמָא, הוּא מֻתָּר בִּקְרוֹבוֹתֶיהָ, וְהִיא מֻתֶּרֶת בִּקְרוֹבָיו, וְלֹא פְסָלָהּ מִן הַכְּהֻנָּה. אֵין הַוָּלָד שֶׁל קְיָמָא, הוּא אָסוּר בִּקְרוֹבוֹתֶיהָ, וְהִיא אֲסוּרָה בִקְרוֹבָיו, וּפְסָלָהּ מִן הַכְּהֻנָּה:

If one gave chalitzah to his yevamah, and she were found to be pregnant, and she gave birth — if the child lived, he may marry her relatives and she may marry his relatives, [this not being chalitzah, chalitzah having been unnecessary. "Her relatives" and "his relatives" of our Mishnah are those forbidden to a man because of his wife, and those forbidden to a woman because of her husband.], and she is not rendered unfit to the priesthood. If the child did not live [i.e., if it were a miscarriage], he is forbidden to her relatives and she is forbidden to his relatives and she is rendered unfit to the priesthood.

Mishnah 2ב׳

הַכּוֹנֵס אֶת יְבִמְתּוֹ, וְנִמְצֵאת מְעֻבֶּרֶת וְיָלָדָה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַוָּלָד שֶׁל קְיָמָא, יוֹצִיא וְחַיָּבִין בַּקָּרְבָּן. וְאִם אֵין הַוָּלָד שֶׁל קְיָמָא, יְקַיֵּם. סָפֵק בֶּן תִּשְׁעָה לָרִאשׁוֹן, סָפֵק בֶּן שִׁבְעָה לָאַחֲרוֹן, יוֹצִיא וְהַוָּלָד כָּשֵׁר, וְחַיָּבִין בְּאָשָׁם תָּלוּי:

If one wed his yevamah, and he found her to be pregnant, and she gave birth — if the child lived, he must send her away, and they must bring a (sin-) offering [for he cohabited with his brother's wife outside the context of mitzvah (i.e., yibum), and the child is kasher in any event.] And if the child does not live, she remains with him. If it were not clear whether the child were a nine-month birth of the first or a seven-month birth of the second, he must send her away, the child is kasher, and they must bring a suspended guilt-offering. [For in all instances where one is liable to kareth for wilful transgression, and to a sin-offering for unwitting transgression, he is liable to a suspended sin-offering for possible transgression.]

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Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura, tr. Rabbi Shraga Silverstein, via Sefaria — CC BY

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0