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Yevamos 9
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YEVAMOS 6, 7, 8, 9 (Chanukah) - dedicated by Uri Wolfson and Naftali Wilk in
honor of Rav Mordechai Rabin of Har Nof, a true beacon of Torah and Chesed.
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1) [line 1] AVODAS KOCHAVIM (SE'IREI AVODAS KOCHAVIM)
(a) The Sanhedrin (the Jewish Supreme Court) must bring a Korban if they
issued a mistaken ruling permitting an act of idolatry that carries a Chiyuv
Kares and the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael (the majority of the people or
the majority of the tribes) conducted themselves based on this ruling. The
sages bring a young bull as an Olah and a goat as a Chatas on behalf of each
of the tribes. The people are exempt, since they relied on the Beis Din
ha'Gadol. The goats are called Se'irei Avodas Kochavim (RAMBAM Hilchos
Shegagos 12:1).
(b) The blood of the goats was sprinkled in the Heichal on the Paroches and
the Mizbach ha'Zahav. The Sheyarei ha'Dam (the remainder of the blood) was
poured on the Western Yesod (foundation) of the Mizbe'ach. The remains of the
goats were burned outside of the city of Yerushalayim (Bamidbar 15:22-26).
2) [line 36] MERUBIN B'SAYIF, LEFICHAH MAMONAN AVAD (IR HA'NIDACHAS)
A city that was led astray (Nidach) to the extent that its inhabitants
willfully committed idolatry, must be destroyed. All of those who were led
astray must be killed and the city burned, along with all of the possessions
of its inhabitants, as stated in Devarim 13:13-19. The righteous people who
were not led astray are not killed, but their possessions are burned.
3) [line 49] KI'MEDUMAH LI SHE'EIN LO MO'ACH B'KODKODO - it appears to me
that he has no brain in his head
4a) [line 53] ISUR MITZVAH - a Rabbinical prohibition, i.e. the relatives one
is forbidden to marry mid'Rabanan. According to Tana Kama (Yevamos 20a), they
are called "Isur Mitzvah" because it is a Mitzvah to heed the words of the
sages.
b) [line 53] ISUR KEDUSHAH - a Torah prohibition, i.e. the women one is
forbidden to marry by a Lo Sa'aseh that does not carry the punishment of
Kares. For example, a widow to a Kohen Gadol, a divorcee to a Kohen, a
Mamzeres or Nesinah to a Yisrael, and a Bas Yisrael to a Nesin or Mamzer.
According to Tana Kama (Yevamos 20a), they are called "Isur Kedushah" because
of the verse regarding the Kohanim, "Kedoshim Yiheyu" - "They shall be holy"
(Vayikra 21:6). (Rebbi Yehudah explains Isur Mitzvah and Isur Kedushah in the
exact opposite way -- see ibid.)
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5) [line 6] ACHOSAH SHE'HI YEVIMTAH - (lit. a sister who is a sister-in-law)
a case of two brothers married to two sisters and one of the sisters is
forbidden to a third brother as an Ervah, e.g. a daughter-in-law or mother-
in-law, etc. If both married brothers die, the sister of the Ervah is
permitted to the third brother [because she is not the sister of his
Zekukah].
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