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1) A PERSON'S ALLOTTED LIFESPAN

(a) (Beraisa - R. Akiva): I will fulfill the number of your days - these are the years apportioned to a person when he is born; if he merits, they are fulfilled; if not, they are reduced;
(b) Chachamim say, if he merits, they are increased; if not, they are reduced;

1. Question (Chachamim): It says, "I will add 15 years to your days"!
2. Answer (R. Akiva): The years added were allotted to him from before.

i. This must be so, for it was prophesized, "A son will be born to the house of David, Yoshiyahu" - and Menashe (from whom Yoshiyahu descended) was born during Chizkiyahu's 15 'extra' years!

3. Rejection (Chachamim): This is no proof - the verse says he will be born to the house of David, but it did not specify that he will be from Chizkiyahu!

(c) (Mishnah): If his wife died ... if his Yevamah died ... (he may marry her sister).
(d) (Rav Yosef): This Mishnah is not needed.

2) ACQUISITIONS AND DISQUALIFICATION OF YEVAMOS

(a) (Mishnah): R. Gamliel says, a 2nd Get does not take effect once 1 Get was given to a Yevamah; nor does a Ma'amar take effect after a Ma'amar; nor does relations take effect after relations, nor Chalitzah after Chalitzah;
(b) Chachamim say, a Get does take effect after a Get, a Ma'amar does take effect after a Ma'amar; but nothing takes effect after relations or Chalitzah;
(c) If a Yavam gave a Ma'amar to his Yevamah, then a Get - she needs Chalitzah;
(d) If he gave a Ma'amar then did Chalitzah - she needs a Get;
(e) If he gave a Ma'amar and had relations - this is proper fulfillment of the Mitzvah;
(f) If he gave a Get and then a Ma'amar - she needs a Get and Chalitzah;
(g) If he gave a Get and had relations - she needs a Get and Chalitzah;
(h) If he gave a Get and then Chalitzah - nothing is needed after Chalitzah;
(i) If he did Chalitzah, then gave a Ma'amar or a Get or had relations; or, if he had relations, then gave a Ma'amar or a Get or did Chalitzah - nothing takes effect after Chalitzah;

3) 2 YEVAMOS AND 1 YAVAM

(a) This applies when there is 1 Yavam and 1 Yevamah, or 2 Yevamos and 1 Yavam;
(b) If he gave a Ma'amar to 1 Yevamah, and a Ma'amar to the other - each needs a Get, and Chalitzah must be done;
(c) If he gave a Ma'amar to 1 Yevamah, and a Get to the other - the former needs a Get and Chalitzah;
(d) If he gave a Ma'amar to 1 Yevamah, and had relations with the other - each needs a Get, and Chalitzah must be done;
(e) If he gave a Ma'amar to 1 Yevamah, and Chalitzah to the other - the former needs a Get;
(f) If he gave a Get to each - they need Chalitzah;
(g) If he gave a Get to 1, and had relations with the other - the latter needs a Get and Chalitzah;
(h) If he gave a Get to 1, and a Ma'amar to the other - the latter needs a Get and Chalitzah;
(i) If he gave a Get to 1, and Chalitzah to the other - nothing takes effect after Chalitzah;
(j) If he did Chalitzah to both, or did Chalitzah and gave a Ma'amar or a Get or had relations;
(k) Or, if he had relations with both, or had relations and gave a Ma'amar or a Get or did Chalitzah - nothing takes effect after Chalitzah;
(l) This applies to 1 Yavam and 2 Yevamos, or 2 Yavamim and 1 Yevamah;
(m) If he did Chalitzah and gave a Ma'amar or a Get or had relations;
(n) Or, if he had relations and gave a Ma'amar or a Get or did Chalitzah - nothing takes effect after Chalitzah;

1. This is true whether the Chalitzah was at the beginning, in the middle or at the end;
2. When relations are at the beginning, nothing takes effect after them; if relations are in the middle or at the end, things do take effect after them;
3. R. Nechemyah says, relations and Chalitzah are similar - whether they come at the beginning, in the middle or at the end, nothing takes effect after them.

(a) (Gemara): The only argument is by a Get after a Get, or a Ma'amar after a Ma'amar - but all agree that a single Get or Ma'amar takes effect by a Yevamah.
(b) Question: Why was Get enacted?
(c) Answer: A Get permits a married woman; Chalitzah also permits a woman. If people see that Get does not work by a Yevamah, they will think that Chalitzah does not work either, and will come to do Yibum after Chalitzah.
(d) Question: Why was Ma'amar enacted?
(e) Answer: Ma'amar (i.e. giving money or a document to make engagement) acquires a single woman; relations also acquire. If people see that Ma'amar does not acquire a Yevamah, they will think that relations do not acquire either, and will come to do Yibum after Yibum.
(f) Question: Why did Chachamim say that things take effect after improper relations (i.e. a forbidden Yibum)?
(g) Answer: This was said by Yibum after a Get - as a decree on account of Yibum after Chalitzah;

1. Answer: This was said by Yibum after a Ma'amar - as a decree on account of Yibum after Yibum.

(h) Question: Why did Chachamim say that nothing takes effect after an improper Chalitzah (i.e. it was forbidden to do Yibum)?
(i) Counter-question: Why should we decree?

1. Suggestion #1: If we should decree Chalitzah after a Get on account of Chalitzah after Chalitzah - let them go do extra Chalitzos!
2. Suggestion #2: If we should decree Chalitzah after a Ma'amar on account of Chalitzah after Yibum - when Chalitzah is done after Ma'amar, a Get is required for the Ma'amar!

i. Also when Chalitzah is done after Yibum, a Get is required for the Yibum!