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Yibbum (pronounced [jibum], Hebrew: ייבום) is the form of
levirate marriage found in Judaism. As
specified by
Deuteronomy 25:5–10, the
brother of a man...
- ****ction to take in
marriage the wife of one's
deceased brother (Heb.
Yibum =
levirate marriage) when they had no offspring. The problem, however, that...
- brother's wife (sister-in-law) (Leviticus 18:16), with the
exception of
Yibum One's wife's
sister (sister-in-law)
during one's wife's lifetime, even if...
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referring to the so-called
levirate marriage. The
legal obligation of
yibum,
which was a
widespread practice in the
ancient Near East, was incurred...
- marriage,
including kiddushin and the
ketubah Geirushin: laws of
divorce Yibum va-Chalitzah: laws of
levirate marriage Na'arah Betulah: the law of a man...
- brother's wife (sister-in-law) (Leviticus 18:16), with the
exception of
Yibum One's wife's
sister (sister-in-law)
during one's wife's lifetime, even if...
- are removed. To
marry a
childless brother's
widow (to do
yibum) To free a
widow from
yibum (to do חליצה, chalitzah) To save
someone being pursued by...
- 529; but Dan's
reasons are not
clearly stated ib. No. 530 Nos. 1229-1233 Responsa, No. 32; ed. Rome, p. 72 ib. RIṬBA to
Yibum, 109 Leghorn, 1840 No. 24...
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Elchanan was a
specialist Even ha-ezer,
specifically in the
areas of Gittin,
Yibum and Chalitzah, and Mamzerut. His
surviving responsa are
recorded in Rabbi...
