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 own purposes. Why did the Sages view the wifeβs infidelity to be a graver sin than a husbandβs infidelity? HINT: thereβs an important reason unrelated to the patriarchy. What does it mean to negate the mitzvah of yibum?
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Opening song: Nigun Waltz part 2 by Zusha feat. Eitan Katz