Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer Siman 175

Siman 175

Presented here for study, not as a practical ruling. The Shulchan Aruch rules by Sephardi custom, the Rema's glosses by Ashkenazi custom, and the Kitzur follows Ashkenazi custom. For a practical question, ask your rabbi.

א יְבָמָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ רְאוּיָה לְהִתְיַבֵּם בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה, מִשּׁוּם אִסוּר עֶרְוָה, אֲסוּרָה עוֹלָמִית, אֲפִלּוּ אִם יִפְקַע הָאִסוּר. כְּגוֹן שְׁנֵי אַחִים שֶׁנְּשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וּמֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶם, וְנָפְלָה אִשְׁתּוֹ לִפְנֵי הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁנָּשׂוּי אֲחוֹתָהּ, אֲפִלּוּ אִם תָּמוּת אִשְׁתּוֹ אַחַר כָּךְ, שֶׁפָּקַע אִסוּר אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי אֲסוּרָה. וַאֲפִלּוּ נָפְלָה לְפָנָיו פַּעַם אַחֶרֶת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם אָח שְׁלִישִׁי שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה עֶרְוָה עָלָיו, וּכְּנָסָהּ, וּמֵתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁל זֶה שֶׁהָיָה נָשׂוּי אֲחוֹתָהּ, וּמֵת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁכְּנָסָהּ, וְחָזַר וְנָפְלָה לְפָנָיו, אֲסוּרָה לוֹ. לָא שְׁנָא מֵתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ קֹדֶם שֶׁכָּנַס הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, לֹא שְׁנָא מֵתָה אַחַר שֶׁכָּנַס, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה אֲסוּרָה עָלָיו בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה אַחֲרוֹנָה, אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי אֲסוּרָה לוֹ הִיא וְצָרָתָהּ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָיָה אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת לָאָח הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהָיְתָה אֲסוּרָה לוֹ בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. אֲבָל אִם הָיְתָה מֻתֶּרֶת לוֹ בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה, אֲפִלּוּ אִם תֵּאָסֵר אַחַר כָּךְ, אִם פָּקַע הָאִסוּר, חוֹזֶרֶת לְהֶתֵּרָהּ. כֵּיצַד, שְׁלשָׁה אַחִים שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וּמֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶם, וְנִזְקְקָה אִשְׁתּוֹ לַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נָשׂוּי אֲחוֹתָהּ, וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק לְכָנְסָהּ עַד שֶׁמֵּת הָאָח הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁהָיָה נָשׂוּי הָאַחֶרֶת, וַהֲרֵי שְׁתֵּיהֶן אֲסוּרוֹת עָלָיו, מֵתָה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה, חָזְרָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לְהֶתֵּרָהּ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהָיְתָה מֻתֶּרֶת בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּאֶסְרָה בֵּינְתַיִם. אֲבָל אִם מֵתָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, לֹא הֻתְּרָה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהָיְתָה אֲסוּרָה בִּשְׁעַת נְפִילָה. וְכֵן אִם הָיוּ שָׁם עוֹד אַחִים, וְקָדַם אֶחָד מֵהֶם וְחָלַץ לָאַחֲרוֹנָה, אוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אֲסוּרָה לְאֶחָד מֵהָאַחִים, וְיִבֵּם אֶת הָאַחֲרוֹנָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי מֻתֶּרֶת לוֹ, הֻתְּרָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לִשְׁאָר אַחִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי הָאַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁאָסְרָה אוֹתָהּ, חָלְצָה אוֹ נִתְיַבְּמָהּ לַמֻּתָּר לָהּ. אֲבָל אִם הָאַחֲרוֹנָה אֲסוּרָה לְאֶחָד מֵהֶם מִשּׁוּם עֶרְוָה, הֲרֵי הוּא מֻתָּר לְיַבֵּם הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, וּשְׁאָר הָאַחִים אֲסוּרִים בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן, וְחוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת:
1 A woman who is not fit to do yibbum [levirate marriage] when it falls to her because of the prohibition of sexual impropriety ["erva"], is forbidden [to remarry the brother] forever, even when the prohibition is lifted. For example, two brothers who marry two sisters, and one of the [brothers] died, and his wife falls to the second who is married to her sister. Even if his wife dies afterward [and now he would be able to marry the sister], for the prohibittion of the sister of one's wife had been lifted, even so, she is prohibited [to him]. [This is so] even if she falls to him [in yibbum] another time [even] after the death of his wife. For example, [two brothers marry two sisters, and] they have a third brother who does not have this erva [because he was not married to one of the sisters, and then one of the brothers dies], and he performs [yibbum] with her. Then, the [brother's] wife who was the sister dies. [Then,] the third [brother] who did [the yibbum] dies, and now she falls to him, she is [still] prohibited to him. It matters not if his wife had died before the third had performed [yibbum], and it matters not if she died after he had performed [yibbum]: Even though she was not prohibited to him the last time she fell to him [in yibbum], even so, she is prohibited to him, she and her secondary wives, for example when the third brother had another wife, once she was already prohibited to him the first time around. But if she was permitted to him when she [first] fell to him [in yibbum], even if she became prohibited to him afterwards, if the prohibition [eventually] lifts, the permittedness returns to her. What's the case? There are three brothers, two of whom are married to two sisters. One of them dies, so his wife is tied to yibbum with the third [brother] who is not married to her sister. He did not have a chance to perform [yibbum] with her, and the second brother dies who was married to the other sister [so now both sisters are the third brother's yibbums], but both [together] are forbidden to him. [Now,] the second [of those sisters] dies. The first becomes permitted to him again, since she was permitted to him [the first time] she fell to him in yibbum, even though in between she was prohibited to him. But if it was the first [sister] hat died, the second one would not be permitted to him, since she was prohibited to him when she fell to him in yibbum. And so if they had more brothers there, and one of them goes and performs chalitza with the second one, who is permitted to him, the first one becomes permitted to the rest of the brothers, for the second one caused her prohibition [to the brothers], and it takes chalitza or yibbum to make her permitted But if the second one was prohibited to one of them because of erva, he can perform yibbum on the first, and the rest of the brothers are prohibited to both, and they must perform chalitza and not yibbum.
ב שְׁנַיִם מֵהָאַחִים נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וּמֵתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם, וְלֹא נוֹדַע אֵיזֶה מֵהֶם מֵת רִאשׁוֹן, הוֹאִיל וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְיַבֵּם שְׁתֵּיהֶן, וַהֲרֵי זִקָּה נָפְלָה עַל שְׁתֵּיהֶן, חוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת. וַאֲפִלּוּ הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶם אֲסוּרָה עַל הַיָּבָם מִשּׁוּם שְׁנִיָּה אוֹ מֵחַיָּבֵי עֲשֵׂה אוֹ מֵחַיָּבֵי לָאוִין, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת. אֲבָל אִם הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶם עֶרְוָה עָלָיו, הֲרֵי אֲחוֹתָהּ מֻתֶּרֶת לוֹ, רָצָה חוֹלֵץ רָצָה מְיַבֵּם, שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא נָפְלָה זִקָּתוֹ עַל שְׁתֵּיהֶן, שֶׁאֵין זִקָּה עַל הֶעֶרְוָה:
2 Two brothers of [many brothers] who marry two sisters, and both [brothers] die, and it is not known who died first, since one cannot perform yibbum on for both together, and the levirate association falls on both, they are performed upon chalitza and not yibbum. Even if one of them is prohibited to her yibbum because of the second, or he is guilty of violating an positive-action sin or guilty of violating a negative-action sin, they do chalitza and not yibbum. But if one of them [is prohibited] because of erva [prohibited sexual impropriety], her sister is indeed permitted to him, and so if he wants to do chalitza [he can], if he wants to do yibbum [he can] for the levirate association did not fall on both together, for there is no levirate association in the case of erva.
ג אַרְבַּע אַחִים, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וּמֵתוּ הַנְּשׂוּאִים אֶת הָאֲחָיוֹת, אוֹ בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה, קֹדֶם שֶׁהִסְפִּיקוּ לְיַבֵּם לָרִאשׁוֹנָה, שְׁתֵּיהֶן חוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת, שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְשׁוּם אַחַת מֵהֶן לְהִתְיַבֵּם, מִשּׁוּם אִסוּר אֲחוֹת זְקוּקָה. וְאִם קָדְמוּ וְכָנְסוּ כָּל אֶחָד אַחַת מֵהָאֲחָיוֹת, מוֹצִיאִים אוֹתָן מֵהֶם; וְיֵשׁ מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר שֶׁאֵין מוֹצִיאִין:
3 If there are four brothers, two of whom are married to two sisters, and the ones married to the sisters die [at the same time], or one after the other but before there was enough time for the first [sister] to have performed yibbum, both of them should have chalitza done and not yibbum, for neither of [the remaining two brothers] can do yibbum [on both], because of the prohibition of sisters of levirate association. If they went and did yibbum each with one of the sisters, we make them leave them. Some say we don't make them leave.
ד הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶם אֲסוּרָה לְאֶחָד מֵהַיְבָמִין מִשּׁוּם אִסוּר עֶרְוָה, מֻתָּר בַּשְּׁנִיָּה, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵין הָעֶרְוָה זְקוּקָה לוֹ, וְנִמְצָא שֶׁאֵין זְקוּקָה לוֹ אֶלָּא אַחַת; וְהַשֵּׁנִי, אָסוּר בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶם:
4 If one of them was prohibited to one of the levirate associates because of the prohibition of erva [illegal sexual relationships], he is permitted to the second [sister], because the erva [sister] isn't attached to him [in particular] to do yibbum, and only one is attached to him [to do yibbum, which can be the permitted sister]. And the second [brother] is forbidden to be with either.
ה הָיְתָה אַחַת מֵהֶן אֲסוּרָה לְזֶה מִשּׁוּם עֶרְוָה, וְהַשְּׁנִיָּה אֲסוּרָה לַשֵּׁנִי מִשּׁוּם עֶרְוָה, הָאֲסוּרָה לְזֶה מֻתֶּרֶת לְזֶה, שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד אֵין זְקוּקָה לוֹ אֶלָּא אַחַת. אֲבָל אִם אֵין אֲסוּרוֹת עֲלֵיהֶם אֶלָּא בְּאִסוּר לָאו אוֹ עֲשֵׂה, לֹא נִדְחֵית הַזִּיקָה מֵהֶם, וְחוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת:
5 If one of the [sisters] was prohibited to this one because of erva, and the second [sister] was prohibited to the other on because of erva, the one that was prohibited for this one is permitted to that one, for each [brother] is only attached to do yibbum with one. But if the prohibition on them is just a negative or positive prohibition, the attachment is not pushed off, so they must do chalitza and not yibbum.
ו שְׁלשָׁה אַחִים, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִין שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וּמֵת אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי הָאֲחָיוֹת, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מֵת בַּעַל אֲחוֹת הַשְּׁנִיָּה, וְנָפְלָה גַּם הָאָחוֹת הַשְּׁנִיָּה לִפְנֵי הָאָח הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, שְׁתֵּיהֶן אֲסוּרוֹת עָלָיו, שֶׁהֵן צָרוֹת זוֹ לָזוֹ בְּזִקָּה, וְחוֹלְצוֹת וְלֹא מִתְיַבְּמוֹת. וְאִם עָשָׂה מַאֲמָר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נָפְלָה אֲחוֹתָהּ לְפָנָיו, יוֹצִיא בַּעֲלַת הַמַּאֲמָר בְּגֵט וַחֲלִיצָה, וְהָאַחֲרוֹנָה בַּחֲלִיצָה:
6 Three brothers, two of whom are married to two sisters. One of the sisters' husbands dies, and afterwards the husband of the second sister dies, so that the second sister also falls [for levirate marriage] before the third brother. Both of them [the widows] are forbidden to him, because they are co-wives each one to the other in the zikah [levirate connection], and he does chalitzah to them and not yibum. If he had made a maamar [pledge to marry] the first one, and afterwards her sister falls before him, he sends the pledged wife away with a get and chalitzah, and the latter one with chalitzah.
ז שְׁלשָׁה אַחִים, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וְאֶחָד נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, מֵת נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, וְכָנַס אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי אֲחָיוֹת אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וּמֵת, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה יוֹצֵאת מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, וְהַשְּׁנִיָּה מִשּׁוּם צָרָתָהּ. וְאִם לֹא כְּנָסָהּ, בֵּין שֶׁעָשָׂה מַאֲמָר בַּנָּכְרִית, בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה בָּהּ מַאֲמָר, הֲרֵי זוֹ חוֹלֶצֶת וְלֹא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת:
7 Three brothers, two of which are married to two sisters and one of which is married to a woman not related [to the sisters], and the one married to the unrelated woman dies, and one of the brothers married to the sisters brings [the unrelated] wife into [his marriage], and [then] he dies, the first wife leaves by virtue of being the sister of the wife, and the second because she is a secondary wife. If he did not bring [the unrelated wife] in, whether he did the refusal or did not do the refusal, she must have chalitza but not yibbum.
ח שְׁלשָׁה אַחִים, שְׁנַיִם מֵהֶם נְשׂוּאִים שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, וְאֶחָד נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, גֵּרַשׁ אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי אֲחָיוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וּמֵת נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, וּכְּנָסָהּ הַמְגָרֵשׁ, וּמֵת, מֻתֶּרֶת לָאָח הַנִּשְׁאַר. אֲבָל אִם מֵת נָשׂוּי נָּכְרִית קֹדֶם שֶׁגֵּרַשׁ אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי אֲחָיוֹת אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ אִם לֹא כָּנַס נָּכְרִית וָמֵת, אֲסוּרָה לָאָח הַנִּשְׁאַר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיְתָה צָרַת עֶרְוָה בְּזִקָּה, אֲפִלּוּ אִם גֵּרַשׁ הָעֶרְוָה קֹדֶם שֶׁמֵּת. וְהוּא הַדִּין אִם הָיָה נָשׂוּי נָכְרִית, וְיֵשׁ לוֹ בָּנִים, אֲסוּרָה לוֹ מִשּׁוּם זִקַּת אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בָּנִים (הַגָּהוֹת אַלְפָסִי פ' ד' אַחִין). אֲבָל אִם כָּנַס בַּעַל (הָאֲחָיוֹת) [הָאָחוֹת] אֶת הַנָּכְרִית, וְגֵרַשׁ הָעֶרְוָה, וּמֵת, לָא שְׁנָא גֵּרַשׁ קֹדֶם שֶׁכָּנַס הָעֶרְוָה, לָא שְׁנָא אַחַר כָּךְ, מֻתֶּרֶת הַנָּכְרִית לָאָח הַנִּשְׁאַר:
8 Three brothers, two of which are married to two sisters and one of which is married to a woman not related [to the sisters], if one of the husbands of the sisters divorced his wife, and [then] the one married to the unrelated woman dies, and the divorced woman is brought in to the marriage, and [that husband] died, she [the sister] is not permitted to the remaining brother. But if the one married to the unrelated woman dies before one of the husbands of the sisters divorces his wife, even if he had not brought in the unrelated woman [into the marriage] and he dies, she is prohibited to the remaining brother, because the secondary wife was an erva to her by levirate marriage, even if he had divorced the erva before he died. Rema: And the law is the same if he had married the unrelated woman, and he had children [with her], she is prohibited to him because of the levirate connection between the wife of his brother that he had children (Hagahot Alfasi Perek Daled Achin). But if a husband of the sisters brought in the unrelated woman [into marriage] and he divorce the erva, and then he died, it matters not if he divorced before he brought in the erva, it matters not afterward, the unrelated woman is permitted to the remaining brother.
ט שְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים נְשׂוּאִין שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת קְטַנּוֹת אוֹ חֵרְשׁוֹת, וּמֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶם, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה, שֶׁהֲרֵי נִשּׂוּאֵי שְׁתֵּיהֶן שָׁווֹת:
9 If two brothers of full faculty marry two sisters who are minors or are deaf-mutes, and one [of the brother] dies, she can go free by virtue of being the sister of the wife [of the other brother], for they are both married equally.
י הָיְתָה אַחַת פִּקַּחַת וְאַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת; מֵת בַּעַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה; מֵת בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, בַּעַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת מוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְּגֵט, וְאֶת אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו בַּחֲלִיצָה:
10 If one of them was of full faculty and one was a deaf-mute, and the husband of the deaf-mute dies, she goes free by virtue of being the sister of the wife. If the husband of the full faculty one dies, the husband of the deaf-mute must divorce his wife with a bill of divorce, and his brother's wife with chalitza.
יא הָיְתָה אַחַת גְּדוֹלָה וְאַחַת קְטַנָּה; מֵת בַּעַל הַקְּטַנָּה, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה; מֵת בַּעַל הַגְּדוֹלָה, מְלַמְּדִין אֶת הַקְּטַנָּה שֶׁתְּמָאֵן בְּבַעְלָהּ, וִייַבֵּם הַגְּדוֹלָה:
11 If there was one older and one younger, and the husband of the younger died, she is dismissed(from doing levirate marriage) because of the wife status of her sister(her older sister's marriage is valid). If the husband of the older sister died, they teach the younger one that she should refuse her husband(thereby absolving her marriage) and her older sister shall perform the levirate marriage.
יב שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ וְאֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, אוֹ אַחַת פִּקַּחַת וְאַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת, וְהַפִּקַּחַת נְשׂוּאָה לְפִקֵּחַ, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, הַחֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, אוֹ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְּגֵט, וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו אֲסוּרָה לָעוֹלָם:
12 Two brothers, one of full faculty and one a deaf-mute, who are married to two sisters of full faculty, or one is of full faculty and one is a deaf-mute and the woman of full faculty is married to the man of full faculty, and the deaf-mute man who was the husband of the deaf-mute woman dies, or if the deaf-mute man had been the husband of the woman of full faculty, she goes free by virtue of being the sister of the wife. If the man of full faculty husband of the woman of full faculty dies, or the deaf-mute man husband of the deaf-mute woman dies, or [the deaf-mute man was the] husband of the woman of full faculty [dies], [the remaining brother] divorces his wife with a bill of divorce, and the wife of his brother is forever prohibited to him.
יג שְׁנֵי אַחִים חֵרְשִׁים נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת אוֹ חֵרְשׁוֹת, אוֹ אַחַת פִּקַּחַת וְאַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת, וְכֵן שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת חֵרְשׁוֹת נְשוּאוֹת לִשְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים אוֹ חֵרְשִׁים אוֹ אֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ וְאֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ, וּמֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶם, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. וְאִם הָיוּ נָכְרִיּוֹת, יַכְנִיסוּ; וְאִם אַחַר כָּךְ יִרְצוּ לְהוֹצִיא בְּגֵט, יוֹצִיאוּ:
13 Two deaf-mute brothers who are married to two sisters who are both able minded or deaf-mute or one of them is able minded and the other is a deaf-mute, and so too with two sisters who are deaf-mutes who are married to two brothers who are both able minded or both deaf-mutes or one is able minded and one is deaf-mute, and one of them dies, one of the sisters goes free because she is the sister of (the levirate man's) wife. If the two women were strangers, they can marry them, and if afterward, they want to divorce by way of bill of divorce, they can divorce them.
יד שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ וְאֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ, וְהַחֵרֵשׁ נָשׂוּי שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים פִּקְחוֹת, וְאַחַת מֵהֶן עֶרְוָה עַל הַפִּקֵּחַ, וּמֵת הַחֵרֵשׁ, שְׁתֵּיהֶן פְּטוּרוֹת מֵהַחֲלִיצָה וּמֵהַיִּבּוּם. הָיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם פִּקְחִים, וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם נָשׂוּי שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים, אַחַת פִּקַּחַת וְאַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת, וְהַחֵרֶשֶׁת הִיא עֶרְוָה עַל אָחִיו, הַשְּׁנִיָּה הַפִּקַּחַת חוֹלֶצֶת וְלֹא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת:
14 Two brothers, one able minded and the other a deaf mute, and the deaf-mute is married to two able minded women, and one of them was a forbidden relation, and the deaf mute brother died, both of them are exempt from doing the refusal service or levirate marriage. If they both were able minded and one of them was married to two women, one of them was able minded and the other a deaf-mute, and the deaf-mute was a forbidden relation to his brother, the second woman who is able minded can do the refusal service but cannot be contracted into the levirate marriage.
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