Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2, 3 Tonight we study a case of yibum that is simpler than previous cases, and provided an important point of reference for those more complex cases. Hopefully the hard work we did with those, …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Working through the nuances and ramifications of a case in which two brothers were married to two sisters, and each had a second wife as well, then the brothers die, and the two pairs …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 10, Chapter 3, Mishna 1 If the man who helped free a woman from her marriage is himself married, then we do not suspect him of helping that woman out of her marriage for his …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7, 8, 9 The intense danger and consequences of wicked rumors are demonstrated in the law of a suspected adulteress. Must her husband divorce her? May he remarry her? May she marry the man with …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 5, 6, 7 Why does the yibum obligation fall the oldest surviving brother? What happens when someone makes an insincere conversion to Judaism? Why will converts no longer be accepted after Moshiach comes? When does …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5 Why is the Torah so strict in prohibiting Jews to marry non-Jews? What happens when they violate this prohibition? What happens when a Jewish couple is betrothed, and later they can’t remember which …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 2, 3 Who counts as a child of a man such that he is not considered childless in relation to creating the levirate bond? Who counts as a brother to the man who died, in …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 2, 3 How far will the Sages go in creating secondary prohibited relationships by rabbinic decree to keep people from coming to mistakenly violate prohibited relationships that are written explicitly in the Torah?   #Judaism …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 2, 3 Rabbi Shimon’s view re the late-born  brother makes so much sense. Why does the majority disagree? Sometimes yibum does not apply, but chalitzah does. Why? When making rabbinic decrees to ensure people don’t …