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Yevamot

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Yevamot (יבמות, "Brother's Widow") is a tractate of the Talmud that deals with, among other concepts, the laws of Yibbum, loosely translated in English as the levirate marriage, and, briefly, with conversion to Judaism. [1]

7 relations: Eruv (disambiguation), Gamaliel IV, Halizah, Levirate marriage, Talmud, Torah, Yibbum.

Eruv (disambiguation)

Eruv (עירוב "mixture"), in Judaism, may refer to.

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Gamaliel IV

Gamaliel IV (fl. probably late 3rd century CE; also known as Gamaliel IV ben Judah II, being the son of the nasi Judah II) was and father of Judah III.

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Halizah

Halizah (or Chalitzah; חליצה) is, under the Biblical system of levirate marriage known as Yibbum, the process by which a childless widow and a brother of her deceased husband may avoid the duty to marry.

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Levirate marriage

Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow.

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Talmud

The Talmud (Hebrew: תַּלְמוּד talmūd "instruction, learning", from a root LMD "teach, study") is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and theology.

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Torah

Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") has a range of meanings.

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Yibbum

Yibbum or levirate marriage in Judaism, is one of the most complex types of marriages mandated by Torah law by which, according to the law, the brother of a man who died without children has an obligation to marry the widow.

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Redirects here:

Yeb., Yebamot, Yebamoth, Yevamos.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevamot

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