Yevamot 9 - March 16, 13 Adar 2

Study Guide Yevamot 9

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Today's daf is sponsored by Professor Jonathan Ben-Ezra in honor of his wife, Dr. Robin Zeiger. "I am so proud that we were able to finish Seder Moed together."

Today’s daf is sponsored by Jennifer and Joshua Lankin in loving memory of Jennifer’s brother, Avigdor Chai Avraham ben Rachel Leah and Meir Tzvi, in honor of her grandma Marilyn Kaiman, daughter Adi and all agunot on this international agunah day. “My grandmother is an inspiration through her daf learning & I pray my daughter Adi will grow up to love learning Torah.”

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Rebbi and the rabbis each learn out the laws of our Mishna from different verses in the Torah. The rabbis derived it from Vayikra 18 from the verse regarding one's wife's sister (from the word "aleha"). Rebbi derived it from the verse in Devarim 25 regarding yibum. If so, what does Rebbi derive from the verse regarding one's wife's sister from the word "aleha"? He derives from there through a gezeira shava to the verses about a bull offering brought when the community sins and needs to bring a sin offering. They derive from one's wife's sister, that in order to be obligated to bring the bull sin offering, it needs to be that the community sinned on a transgression that is punishable by karet and if done unwittingly, one would bring a sin offering. From there it is derived that the same holds true for other sin offerings such as an individual who makes a mistake or a nasi, a kohen gadol, and one who sins by worshipping idols (both for the individual and the community). How are each of these derived from the verses? From where do the rabbis derive this? What does Rebbi derive from the verses that the rabbis used? Why does the Mishna list 15 cases when they could have listed 16? Rebbi explained that the Mishna only listed cases that are not subjects of dispute. Is this really true? The Gemara raises a number of questions against this explanation. But answers are brought.