Yevamot

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Yevamot is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that primarily deals with the laws of levirate marriage, family relationships, and prohibited unions in Jewish law.

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tractate Yevamot 1

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instanceOf Talmud tractate
addresses cases of multiple brothers and widows
conflicting levirate obligations
marriage of converts
marriage of priests
status of minors in levirate marriage
testimony about death of a husband
commentedOnBy Maharsha NERFINISHED
Maimonides NERFINISHED
Pnei Yehoshua NERFINISHED
Rabbi Akiva Eiger NERFINISHED
Rabbi Yosef Karo NERFINISHED
Rashi NERFINISHED
Tosafot NERFINISHED
Vilna Gaon NERFINISHED
discusses chalitzah
co-wives (tzarot)
conversion and marital status
degrees of kinship
mamzer status
marriage prohibitions
priestly marriage restrictions
status of minors in marriage law
yibbum
focusesOn conditions for performing chalitzah
conditions for performing yibbum
invalid and doubtful marriages
lineage and personal status in halakha
obligations of a man toward his deceased brother’s widow
genre rabbinic legal text
hasVersion Babylonian Talmud NERFINISHED
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED
Mishnah NERFINISHED
hebrewName יבמות NERFINISHED
language Aramaic
Mishnaic Hebrew
legalDomain family law in halakha
marriage law in halakha
prohibitions of incest
numberOfChapters 16
orderInMishnah first tractate of Seder Nashim
partOf Seder Nashim NERFINISHED
primaryTopic family relationships in Jewish law
levirate marriage
prohibited unions in Jewish law
religiousTradition Judaism
studiedIn kollel programs
yeshivot NERFINISHED
timePeriod Amoraic era (Gemara) NERFINISHED
Tannaitic era (core Mishnah) NERFINISHED

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Rav Sheshet citedIn Yevamot
this entity surface form: tractate Yevamot
Rav Chisda mentionedIn Yevamot