The Mishnah
יבמות ט׳Yevamot 9
Perek 9 of 16 in Yevamot — 6 mishnayot
Mishnah 1א׳
יֵשׁ מֻתָּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן, מֻתָּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן, מֻתָּרוֹת לָאֵלּוּ וְלָאֵלּוּ, וַאֲסוּרוֹת לָאֵלּוּ וְלָאֵלּוּ. וְאֵלוּ מֻתָּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן, כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט שֶׁנָּשָׂא אֶת הָאַלְמָנָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, חָלָל שֶׁנָּשָׂא כְשֵׁרָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח כָּשֵׁר, יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנָּשָׂא בַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח מַמְזֵר, מַמְזֵר שֶׁנָּשָׂא מַמְזֶרֶת וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח יִשְׂרָאֵל, מֻתָּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן:
There are women who are permitted to their husbands but who are forbidden to their Yevamim [a Yavam is one upon whom has fallen the obligation to perform Levirate marriage]. [There are] women who are permitted to their Yevamim but are forbidden to their husbands. [There are] women who are permitted to these and to these; and [there are] women who are forbidden to these and to these. And these are they who are permitted to their husbands and forbidden to their Yevamim: [The widow of] a common priest who married a widow [that is, she is a widow for the second time] and who has a brother who is a High Priest; [the widow of] a Chalal [the son of a priest and a woman whom the priest was forbidden to marry] who married a woman fit [to marry a priest] and who has fit brother [a priest]; [the widow of] an Israelite who married the daughter of an Israelite and who has a brother who is a Mamzer [the offspring of a severely prohibited union between a Jewish man and woman]; [the widow of] a Mamzer who married a Mamzeret [a female Mamzer] and who has an Israelite brother - these women are permitted to their husbands but are forbidden to their Yevamim.
Mishnah 2ב׳
וְאֵלּוּ מֻתָּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן. כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אֶת הָאַלְמָנָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, כָּשֵׁר שֶׁנָּשָׂא חֲלָלָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח חָלָל, יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנָּשָׂא מַמְזֶרֶת וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח מַמְזֵר, מַמְזֵר שֶׁנָּשָׂא בַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח יִשְׂרָאֵל, מֻתָּרוֹת לִיְבָמֵיהֶן וַאֲסוּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן. אֲסוּרוֹת לָאֵלּוּ וְלָאֵלּוּ, כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁנָּשָׂא אֶת הָאַלְמָנָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל אוֹ כֹהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, כָּשֵׁר שֶׁנָּשָׂא חֲלָלָה וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח כָּשֵׁר, יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנָּשָׂא מַמְזֶרֶת וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח יִשְׂרָאֵל, מַמְזֵר שֶׁנָּשָׂא בַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיֶשׁ לוֹ אָח מַמְזֵר, אֲסוּרוֹת לָאֵלּוּ וְלָאֵלּוּ. וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַנָּשִׁים, מֻתָּרוֹת לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן וְלִיְבָמֵיהֶן:
And these are they who are permitted to their Yevamim but are forbidden to their husbands: [The widow of] a High Priest who betrothed a widow [that is, she is now a widow for the second time] and who has a brother who is a common priest; [the widow of] a fit priest who married a Chalalah [the daughter of a priest and a woman whom the priest was forbidden to marry] and who has a brother who is a Chalal; [the widow of] an Israelie who married a Mamzeret and who has a brother who is a Mamzer; [the widow of] a Mamzer who married the daughter of an Israelite and who has a brother who is an Israelite - these women are permitted to their Yevamim but are forbidden to their husbands. [And these are] women who are forbidden to these and to these: [The widow of] a High Priest who married a widow and who has a brother who is a High priest or a common priest; [the widow of] a fit priest who married a Chalalahand who has a brother who is [also] fit; [the widow of] an Israelite who married a Mamzeret and who has a brother who is an Israelite; [the widow of] a Mamzer who married the daughter of an Israelite and who has a brother who is a Mamzer — these women are forbidden to these and to these. And all other women are permitted to their husbands and to their Yevamim.
Mishnah 3ג׳
שְׁנִיּוֹת מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים, שְׁנִיָּה לַבַּעַל וְלֹא שְׁנִיָּה לַיָּבָם, אֲסוּרָה לַבַּעַל וּמֻתֶּרֶת לַיָּבָם. שְׁנִיָּה לַיָּבָם וְלֹא שְׁנִיָּה לַבַּעַל, אֲסוּרָה לַיָּבָם וּמֻתֶּרֶת לַבָּעַל. שְׁנִיָּה לָזֶה וְלָזֶה, אֲסוּרָה לָזֶה וְלָזֶה. אֵין לָהּ לֹא כְתֻבָּה, וְלֹא פֵרוֹת, וְלֹא מְזוֹנוֹת, וְלֹא בְלָאוֹת, וְהַוָּלָד כָּשֵׁר, וְכוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ לְהוֹצִיא. אַלְמָנָה לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, גְּרוּשָׁה וַחֲלוּצָה לְכֹהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, מַמְזֶרֶת וּנְתִינָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְנָתִין וּלְמַמְזֵר, יֵשׁ לָהֶן כְּתֻבָּה:
[With respect to] secondary [relatives whom one is forbidden to marry] due to rabbinic decree: [If] the woman is [related to the] secondary [degree] to the husband but is not secondary to the Yavam she is forbidden to the husband but is permitted to the Yavam; [if] she is secondary to the Yavam but is not secondary to the husband, she is forbidden to the Yavam but is permitted to the husband. [If] she is secondary to him and to him, she is forbidden to him and to him. [Such a woman] has [receives] no Ketubah [a monetary settlement payable to a woman upon divorce or the death of her husband], nor [repayment for the] usufruct [she brought into the marriage], nor maintenance, nor [repayment for the] deterioration [of her usufruct]; but the child [of a union with her] is fit [as a priest], and we compel him [the husband] to divorce her. These women have [receive] a Ketubah: A widow [married] to a High Priest; a divorced woman or a Chalutzah [a woman who performs Chalitzah, married] to a common priest; a Mamzeret or a Netinah [a member of a caste of Temple servants historically descended from the Gibeonites, married] to an Israelite; the daughter of an Israelite [married] to a Netin or to a Mamzer.
Mishnah 4ד׳
בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל מְאֹרֶסֶת לְכֹהֵן, מְעֻבֶּרֶת מִכֹּהֵן, שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם לְכֹהֵן, וְכֵן בַּת כֹּהֵן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל מְאֹרֶסֶת לְלֵוִי, מְעֻבֶּרֶת מִלֵּוִי, שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם לְלֵוִי, וְכֵן בַּת לֵוִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. בַּת לֵוִי מְאֹרֶסֶת לְכֹהֵן, מְעֻבֶּרֶת מִכֹּהֵן, שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם לְכֹהֵן, וְכֵן בַּת כֹּהֵן לְלֵוִי, לֹא תֹאכַל לֹא בַתְּרוּמָה וְלֹא בַמַּעֲשֵׂר:
[If] the daughter of an Israelite is betrothed to a priest, or is pregnant by a priest, or is a Shomeret Yavam [the widow of a childless man whose brother-in-law has not yet married her nor released her from the obligation of Levirate marriage] to a priest, and similarly [if] the daughter of a priest [is betrothed] to an Israelite - she [these women] may not eat Terumah [a portion of a crop given to a priest which becomes holy upon separation and may only be consumed by priests and their households]. [If] the daughter of an Israelite [is betrothed] to a Levite, or is pregnant by a Levite, or is a Shomeret Yavam to a Levite, and similarly the daughter of a Levite [betrothed] to an Israelite - she [these women] may not eat Ma'aser [Ma'aser Rishon is the first tithe of produce which must be given to the Levite]. [If] the daughter of a Levite is betrothed to a priest, or is pregnant by a priest, or is a Shomeret Yavam to a priest, and similarly [if] the daughter of a priest [is betrothed] to a Levite - she [these women] may not eat Terumah or Ma'aser.
Mishnah 5ה׳
בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּסֵּת לְכֹהֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת, וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. נִסֵּת לְלֵוִי, תֹּאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת, וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. נִסֵּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא תֹאכַל לֹא בַתְּרוּמָה, וְלֹא בַמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת, וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, לֹא תֹאכַל לֹא בַתְּרוּמָה וְלֹא בַמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, תֹּאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִלֵּוִי, תֹּאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִכֹּהֵן, לֹא תֹאכַל לֹא בַתְּרוּמָה וְלֹא בַמַּעֲשֵׂר:
[If] the daughter of an Israelite is married to a priest she may eat Terumah. [If] he dies and she bore him a child, she may [still] eat Terumah. [If] she [subsequently] marries a Levite she may eat Ma'aser. [If] he [the Levite] dies and she bore him a child, she may [still] eat Ma'aser. [If] she [subsequently] married an Israelite, she may not eat Terumah or Ma'aser [anymore]. [If] he [the Israelite] dies and she bore him a son she may not eat Terumah or Ma'aser; [if] her son from the Israelite dies, she may eat Ma'aser [again]. [If then] her son from the Levite dies, she may eat Terumah [again]. [If then] her son from the priest dies she may not eat Terumah or Ma'aser [anymore].
Mishnah 6ו׳
בַּת כֹּהֵן שֶׁנִּשֵּׂאת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. נִשֵּׂאת לְלֵוִי, תֹּאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת, וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. נִשֵּׂאת לְכֹהֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת, וְלָהּ הֵימֶנּוּ בֵן, תֹּאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִכֹּהֵן, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּתְּרוּמָה. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִלֵּוִי, לֹא תֹאכַל בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. מֵת בְּנָהּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, חוֹזֶרֶת לְבֵית אָבִיהָ. וְעַל זוֹ נֶאֱמַר (ויקרא כב), וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ כִּנְעוּרֶיהָ מִלֶּחֶם אָבִיהָ תֹּאכֵל:
[If] the daughter of a priest [is married] to an Israelite she may not eat Terumah. [If] he [the Israelite] dies and she bore him a son, she may [still] not eat Terumah. [If] she [subsequently] marries a Levite she may eat Ma'aser. [If] he [the Levite] dies and she bore him a son she may [still] eat Ma'aser. [If] she [subsequently] marries a priest she may eat Terumah. [If] he [the priest] dies and she bore him a son she may she may [still] eat Terumah. [If] her son from the priest dies, she may she may not eat Terumah [anymore]. [If] her son from the Levite dies she may not eat Ma'aser [anymore]. [If] her son from the Israelite dies she returns to her father's house, and about her it says, "And she shall return to her father's house as in her youth, and shall eat of her father's bread," (Vayikra 22:13).
Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain
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