Yevamot 14

Chapter 14

א חֵרֵשׁ שֶׁנָּשָׂא פִקַּחַת, וּפִקֵּחַ שֶׁנָּשָׂא חֵרֶשֶׁת, אִם רָצָה יוֹצִיא, וְאִם רָצָה יְקַיֵּם. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהוּא כוֹנֵס בִּרְמִיזָה, כָּךְ הוּא מוֹצִיא בִרְמִיזָה. פִּקֵּחַ שֶׁנָּשָׂא פִקַּחַת, וְנִתְחָרְשָׁה, אִם רָצָה יוֹצִיא, וְאִם רָצָה יְקַיֵּם. נִשְׁתַּטֵּית, לֹא יוֹצִיא. נִתְחָרֵשׁ הוּא אוֹ נִשְׁתַּטָּה, אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא עוֹלָמִית. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי, מִפְּנֵי מָה הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁנִּתְחָרְשָׁה יוֹצְאָה, וְהָאִישׁ שֶׁנִּתְחָרֵשׁ אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אֵינוֹ דוֹמֶה הָאִישׁ הַמְגָרֵשׁ לְאִשָּׁה מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת, שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה יוֹצְאָה לִרְצוֹנָהּ וְשֶׁלֹּא לִרְצוֹנָהּ, וְהָאִישׁ אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא אֶלָּא לִרְצוֹנוֹ:

1 A deaf-mute who married a pikachath, and a pikeach who married a deaf-mute — if he wishes, he sends her away, and if he wishes, he keeps her. Just as he (the deaf-mute) marries by gesticulation, so he sends away by gesticulation. [That is, as betrothal, so is divorce. And, likewise, a pikeach who married a deaf-mute. He married her by gesticulation, gesturing to her until she accepted; and he sends her away by gesticulation, if he wishes to send her away.] If a pikeach married a pikachath and she became a deaf-mute [Even though her betrothal was bona fide, in that she was a pikachath at that time], if he wishes to send her away, he sends her away, [the woman's consent not being required], and if he wishes, he keeps her. If she becomes deranged, he may not send her away. [Even though she knows how to care for her get and, by Torah ordinance, is divorced, the sages instituted that he not divorce her, so that men not "make free" with her.] If he became a deaf-mute or deranged [after betrothal], he never sends her away. [Since his betrothal was bona fide betrothal, he can never send her away, incomplete divorce not dissolving complete betrothal.] R. Yochanan b. Nuri asked: Why is it that a woman who became a deaf-mute can be divorced, whereas a man who became a deaf-mute cannot divorce? They answered: A man divorcing cannot be compared to a woman being divorced. A woman is divorced either consentingly or non-consentingly. A man divorces only by volition.

ב הֵעִיד רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן גֻּדְגְּדָה עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת שֶׁהִשִּׂיאָהּ אָבִיהָ, שֶׁהִיא יוֹצְאָה בְגֵט. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אַף זוֹ כַיּוֹצֵא בָהּ:

2 R. Yochanan b. Godgada testified about a deaf-mute whose father had betrothed her [when she was a minor, and who had accepted her betrothal, so that her betrothal was complete in spite of her being a deaf-mute (since she was betrothed by her father's knowledge and not her own)] that she goes out with a get. [Even after she had become of age and her father's authority had lapsed, she receives her get.] They said to him: This one, too, [a pikachath who became a deaf-mute] is like her.

ג שְׁנֵי אַחִים חֵרְשִׁים, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת חֵרְשׁוֹת, אוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, אוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, אַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת וְאַחַת פִּקַּחַת, אוֹ שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת חֵרְשׁוֹת נְשׂוּאוֹת לִשְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים, אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי אַחִים חֵרְשִׁין אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי אַחִין, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרוֹת מִן הַחֲלִיצָה וּמִן הַיִּבּוּם. וְאִם הָיוּ נָכְרִיּוֹת, יִכְנֹסוּ, וְאִם רָצוּ לְהוֹצִיא, יוֹצִיאוּ:

3 Two deaf-mute brothers married to deaf-mute sisters or to two deaf-mute pikchoth, or to two sisters, one, a deaf-mute; the other, a pikachath, or two deaf-mute sisters married to two brothers, pikchim, or to two deaf-mute brothers, or to two brothers, one, a deaf-mute; the other, a pikeach, are exempt from chalitzah and from yibum. [For since both men are deaf-mutes or both women deaf-mutes, as the betrothal of one, so is the betrothal of the other, and the betrothal of his wife (the sister) comes and dissolves the linkage of his yevamah, which is not a complete linkage.] And if they were strangers, they can marry them [for there is no chalitzah with a deaf-mute man or woman, "and he shall say," "and she shall say" not obtaining with them]; and if they wish to send them away, they send them away [with a get, a get by gesticulation coming and dissolving his betrothal and his brother's linkage, which was by gesticulation.]

ד שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מוֹצִיא אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט, וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו אֲסוּרָה לְעוֹלָם. שְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, אַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת וְאַחַת פִּקַּחַת, מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, מוֹצִיא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט, וְאֶת אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו בַּחֲלִיצָה. שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת, אַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת וְאַחַת פִּקַּחַת, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, תֵּצֵא מִשּׁוּם אֲחוֹת אִשָּׁה. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, מוֹצִיא אִשְׁתּוֹ בְגֵט, וְאֵשֶׁת אָחִיו אֲסוּרָה לְעוֹלָם. שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי נָכְרִיּוֹת פִּקְחוֹת, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, אוֹ חוֹלֵץ אוֹ מְיַבֵּם. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מַה יַעֲשֶׂה חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, כּוֹנֵס, וְאֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא לְעוֹלָם. שְׁנֵי אַחִים פִּקְחִים נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי נָכְרִיּוֹת, אַחַת פִּקַּחַת וְאַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת, מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, כּוֹנֵס. וְאִם רָצָה לְהוֹצִיא, יוֹצִיא. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל הַפִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, אוֹ חוֹלֵץ אוֹ מְיַבֵּם. שְׁנֵי אַחִים, אֶחָד חֵרֵשׁ וְאֶחָד פִּקֵּחַ, נְשׂוּאִים לִשְׁתֵּי נָכְרִיּוֹת, אַחַת חֵרֶשֶׁת וְאַחַת פִּקַּחַת, מֵת חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה פִקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, כּוֹנֵס. וְאִם רָצָה לְהוֹצִיא, יוֹצִיא. מֵת פִּקֵּחַ בַּעַל פִּקַּחַת, מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה חֵרֵשׁ בַּעַל חֵרֶשֶׁת, כּוֹנֵס, וְאֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא לְעוֹלָם:

4 Two brothers, one, a deaf-mute; the other, a pikeach, married to two sisters, pikchoth: If the deaf-mute, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, do? She goes out by reason of "his wife's sister." If the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the deaf-mute, the husband of the pikachath, do? He sends out his wife with a get [For the linkage of her sister, deriving from complete betrothal, forbids her to him. And there is no power in his betrothal to reject the yevamah by reason of "his wife's sister"], and his wife's brother is forbidden forever. [For a deaf-mute cannot give chalitzah, and he cannot marry her, by reason of "his wife's sister."] Two brothers, pikchim, married to two sisters, one, a deaf-mute; the other, a pikachath: If the pikeach, the husband of the deaf-mute, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, do? She goes out by reason of "his wife's sister." If the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the deaf-mute, do? He sends out his wife with a get, and his brother's wife, with chalitzah. Two brothers, one a deaf-mute; the other, a pikeach, married to two sisters, one a deaf-mute; the other, a pikachath: If the deaf-mute, the husband of the deaf-mute, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath do? She goes out by reason of "his wife's sister." If the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the deaf-mute, the husband of the deaf-mute, do? He sends out his wife with a get, and his brother's wife is forbidden forever. Two brothers, one, a deaf-mute; the other, a pikeach, married to two strangers, pikchoth: If the deaf-mute, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, do? He gives either chalitzah or yibum. If the pikeach, the brother of the pikachath, died, what does the deaf-mute, the husband of the pikachath do? He marries her and never sends her away, [for his get cannot come and dissolve the original linkage of his brother.] Two brothers, pikchim, married to two strangers, one a pikachath; the other, a deaf-mute. If the pikeach, the brother of the deaf-mute, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, do? He marries her; and if he wishes to send her away (with a get) he does so. If the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the deaf-mute, do? He gives either chalitzah or yibum. Two brothers, one a deaf-mute; the other, a pikeach, married to two strangers, one a deaf-mute; the other, a pikachath: If the deaf-mute, the husband of the deaf-mute, died, what does the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, do? He marries her; and if he wishes to send her away (with a get), he does so. If the pikeach, the husband of the pikachath, died, what does the deaf-mute, the husband of the deaf-mute, do? He marries her and never sends her away.

ה שני אחים פקחים, נשואים לשתי אחיות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת, מת פקח בעל חרשת, מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת, תצא משום אחות אשה. מת פקח בעל פקחת, מה יעשה פקח בעל החרשת, מוציא את אשתו בגט ואת אשת אחיו בחליצה.

5 [If] two hearing brothers were married to two sisters one of whom is a deaf-mute and the other of whom is hearing, [and] the hearing husband of the deaf-mute [woman] dies what should the hearing husband of the hearing woman do? She goes out since she is [the Yavam's] wife's sister. [If] the hearing husband of the hearing [woman] dies what should the hearing husband of the deaf-mute woman do? He removes his wife with a bill of divorce and his brother's wife with Chalitzah.

ו שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח, נשואים לשתי אחיות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת, מת חרש בעל חרשת, מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת, תצא משום אחות אשה. מת פקח בעל פקחת, מה יעשה חרש בעל חרשת, מוציא אשתו בגט ואשת אחיו אסורה לעולם.

6 [If] two brothers one of whom is a deaf-mute and one of whom is hearing were married to two sisters one of whom is a deaf-mute and the other of whom is hearing, [and] the deaf-mute husband of the deaf-mute woman dies what should the hearing husband of the hearing woman do? She goes out since she is [the Yavam's] wife's sister. [If] the hearing husband of the hearing [woman] dies what should the deaf-mute husband of the deaf-mute woman do? He removes his wife with a bill of divorce and his brother's wife is forbidden [to him] forever.

ז שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח, נשואים לשתי נכריות פקחות, מת חרש בעל פקחת, מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת, או חולץ או מיבם. מת פקח בעל פקחת, מה יעשה חרש בעל פקחת, כונס ואינו מוציא לעולם.

7 [If] two brothers one of whom is a deaf-mute and one of whom is hearing were married to two unrelated hearing women, [and] the deaf-mute husband of the hearing woman dies what should the hearing husband of the hearing woman do? He either undergoes Chalitzah or performs Yibum. [If] the hearing husband of the hearing [woman] dies what should the deaf-mute husband of the hearing woman do? He marries her and may never remove her.

ח שני אחים פקחים, נשואים לשתי נכריות אחת פקחת ואחת חרשת, מת פקח בעל חרשת, מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת, כונס, ואם רצה להוציא, יוציא. מת פקח בעל הפקחת, מה יעשה פקח בעל חרשת, או חולץ או מיבם.

8 [If] two hearing brothers were married to two unrelated women one of whom is a deaf-mute and the other of whom is hearing, [and] the hearing husband of the deaf-mute woman dies what should the hearing husband of the hearing woman do? He marries her and if wants to remove her, he removes her. [If] the hearing husband of the hearing [woman] dies what should the hearing husband of the deaf-mute woman do? He either undergoes Chalitzah or performs Yibum.

ט שני אחים אחד חרש ואחד פקח, נשואים לשתי נכריות אחת חרשת ואחת פקחת, מת חרש בעל חרשת, מה יעשה פקח בעל פקחת, כונס, ואם רצה להוציא, יוציא. מת פקח בעל פקחת, מה יעשה חרש בעל חרשת, כונס ואינו מוציא לעולם.

9 [If] two brothers one of whom is a deaf-mute and one of whom is hearing were married to two unrelated women one of whom is a deaf-mute and one of whom is hearing, [and] the deaf-mute husband of the hearing woman dies what should the hearing husband of the hearing woman do? He marries her and if wants to remove her, he removes her. [If] the hearing husband of the hearing [woman] dies what should the deaf-mute husband of the deaf-mute woman do? He marries her and may never remove her.

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