Talmud Yerushalmi
Yerushalmi Yevamot 11:3 ירושלמי יבמות י״א:ג׳
Part of: Chapter 11
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משנה: חָמֵשׁ נָשִׁים שֶׁנִּתְעָרְבוּ וַולְדוֹתֵיהֶן הִגְדִּילוּ הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת וְנָשְׂאוֹ נָשִׁים וָמֵתוּ אַרְבָּעָה חוֹלְצִין לְאַחַת וְאֶחָד מְיַיבֵּם אוֹתָהּ. הוּא וּשְׁלֹשָׁה חוֹלְצִים לְאַחֶרֶת וְאֶחָד מְיַיבֵּם. נִמְצְאוּ אַרְבַּע חֲלִיצוֹת וְיִיבּוּם לְכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת.
MISHNAH: If the children of five women were mixed up, and the mixed-up became adults, married wives, and died, then four perform ḥalîṣah and one marries in levirate106It is assumed that each woman had another child whose family membership is clear. If one of the mixed-up children dies childless, then it is not known whose brother he was. Therefore, one brother known to be from each of the families involved performs ḥalîṣah with the widow who may be his sister-in-law or four perform ḥalîṣah and one marries. The one who marries either performs levirate or he marries an unrelated woman; in both cases the marriage is unquestionably valid.. This one and three others perform ḥalîṣah for another one and another one marries in levirate107The one who married the first widow might also marry the second one. The number five here is irrelevant; the same rules apply to any number n of mixed-up children. The death of a childless man of the mixed-up group causes n-1 ḥalîṣot and 1 levirate or n ḥalîṣot.. It turns out that there are four ḥaliṣot and one levirate marriage for every one.
MISHNAH: If the children of five women were mixed up, and the mixed-up became adults, married wives, and died, then four perform ḥalîṣah and one marries in levirate106It is assumed that each woman had another child whose family membership is clear. If one of the mixed-up children dies childless, then it is not known whose brother he was. Therefore, one brother known to be from each of the families involved performs ḥalîṣah with the widow who may be his sister-in-law or four perform ḥalîṣah and one marries. The one who marries either performs levirate or he marries an unrelated woman; in both cases the marriage is unquestionably valid.. This one and three others perform ḥalîṣah for another one and another one marries in levirate107The one who married the first widow might also marry the second one. The number five here is irrelevant; the same rules apply to any number n of mixed-up children. The death of a childless man of the mixed-up group causes n-1 ḥalîṣot and 1 levirate or n ḥalîṣot.. It turns out that there are four ḥaliṣot and one levirate marriage for every one.
הלכה: חָמֵשׁ נָשִׁים שֶׁנִּתְעָרְבוּ וַולְדוֹתֵיהֶן כול׳. בְּכָל אָתָר אַתְּ אָמַר. אֵין חֲלִיצָה אַחַר חֲלִיצָה. וְהָכָא אַתְּ אָמַר הָכֵין. כָּאן בְּוַדַּאי כָּאן בְּסָפֵק. בְּכָל אָתָר אַתְּ אָמַר. בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אוֹמְרִים. יַיבֵּם. אֵין אוֹמְרִים. חֲלוֹץ. וְהָכָא אַתְּ אָמַר אָכֵין. כָּאן בְּוַדַּאי כָּאן בְּסָפֵק.
HALAKHAH: “If the children of five women were mixed up,” etc. 107The one who married the first widow might also marry the second one. The number five here is irrelevant; the same rules apply to any number n of mixed-up children. The death of a childless man of the mixed-up group causes n-1 ḥalîṣot and 1 levirate or n ḥalîṣot. Everywhere you say, there is no ḥalîṣah after ḥalîṣah, and here, you say so? There, it is was sure, here it is in doubt. Everywhere you say, if one does not say to him, take in levirate, one does not say, perform ḥalîṣah, and here, you say so108The Mishnah is to be interpreted strictly, that the widow is permitted to one of then possible brothers only after all other have performed ḥalîṣah with her; otherwise he might marry another man’s brother’s widow. That means that the four first men must perform ḥalîṣah and are forbidden for levirate.? There, it is was sure, here it is doubtful.
HALAKHAH: “If the children of five women were mixed up,” etc. 107The one who married the first widow might also marry the second one. The number five here is irrelevant; the same rules apply to any number n of mixed-up children. The death of a childless man of the mixed-up group causes n-1 ḥalîṣot and 1 levirate or n ḥalîṣot. Everywhere you say, there is no ḥalîṣah after ḥalîṣah, and here, you say so? There, it is was sure, here it is in doubt. Everywhere you say, if one does not say to him, take in levirate, one does not say, perform ḥalîṣah, and here, you say so108The Mishnah is to be interpreted strictly, that the widow is permitted to one of then possible brothers only after all other have performed ḥalîṣah with her; otherwise he might marry another man’s brother’s widow. That means that the four first men must perform ḥalîṣah and are forbidden for levirate.? There, it is was sure, here it is doubtful.