Jerusalem Talmud Yevamot 13.14

משנה: יָבָם קָטָן שֶׁבָּא עַל יְבָמָה קְטַנָּה יִגְדְּלוּ זֶה עִם זֶה. בָּא עַל יְבָמָה גְדוֹלָה יְגַדְּלֶנּוּ. הַיְבָמָה שֶׁאָמְרָה בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם לֹא נִבְעַלְתִּי כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם מְבַקְשִׁים מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁהוּא מוֹדֶה אֲפִילוּ אַחַר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חוֹדֶשׁ כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. הַנּוֹדֶרֶת הֲנָיָיה מִיבָמָהּ בְּחַיֵי בַעֲלָהּ כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר מִיתַת בַּעֲלָהּ מְבַקְשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. אִם נִתְכַּוְונָה לְכָךְ אֲפִילוּ בְּחַיֵי בַעֲלָהּ מְבַקְשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ.

MISHNAH: If an underage levir had intercourse with an underage sister-in-law, they should grow up together. If he had intercourse with an adult sister-in-law, she should raise him. If the sister-in-law claims within thirty days that she was not copulated with, one forces him to perform ḥalîṣah with her. After thirty days, one asks him to perform ḥalîṣah with her. But if he confesses, one forces him to perform ḥalîṣah with her even after twelve months. If a woman made a vow during her husband’s lifetime forbidding herself any usufruct from her levir, one coerces him until he performs ḥalîṣah with her. After her husband’s death, one begs him that he should perform ḥalîṣah with her. If she had [ḥalîṣah] in mind even during her husband’s lifetime, one begs him that he should perform ḥalîṣah with her.

הלכה: יָבָם קָטָן כול׳. תַּנֵּי. טַעֲנַת בְּתוּלִים עַד שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. דִּבְרֵי רִבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. מִיָּד. מַה נָן קַיָימִין. אִם בְּשֶׁבָּעַל. מִיָּד. וְאִם בְּשֶׁלֹּא בָעַל. אֲפִילוּ לְאַחַר כַּמָּה. אֶלָּא כֵן אֲנָן קַיָימִין בִּסְתָם. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אָמַר. חֲזָקָה אָדָם מַעֲמִיד עַצְמוֹ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. וְרַבָּנִין אָמְרִין. אֵין אָדָם מַעֲמִיד אֲפִילוּ יוֹם אֶחָד. רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה בָעֵי. מַהוּ שֶׁיְּהֵא נֶאֱמָן לוֹמַר עַל דְּרִבִּי מֵאִיר. הֶעֱמַדְתִּי עַצְמִי שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם בִּשְׁבִיל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַוְולָד שְּׁתוּקִי. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא. הַיְבָמָה שֶׁאָמְרָה בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. לֹא נִבְעַלְתִּי. כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם מְבַקְשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ לַחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. (לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים.) וְאָמַר רִבִּי לָעְזָר. דְּרִבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא. וְאָמַר רִבִּי לָעְזָר. לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא אֶצְלָהּ. הָא אֶצֶל צָרָתָהּ לֹא. כְּמַהּ דְּתֵימַר תַּמָּן. לֹא הַכֹּל מִמֶּנָּה לַחוֹב לְצָרָתָהּ. אַף הָכָא לֹא הַכֹּל מִמֶּנָּה לַחוֹב לִבְנוֹ.

HALAKHAH: “If an underage levir,” etc. It was stated: A claim of non-virginity may be brought within thirty days, the words of Rebbi Meїr. But the Sages say, immediately. Where do we hold? If he copulated, immediately. If he did not copulate, even after a longer delay. But we must hold if it was not spelled out. Rebbi Meїr said, it is credible that a man may hold himself back for thirty days. But the Sages say, a man does not hold himself back even for one day. Rebbi Jeremiah asked: According to Rebbi Meїr, would a man be believed to assert that he held himself back for thirty days in order to make the child fatherless? Let us hear from the following: “If the sister-in-law claims within thirty days that she was not copulated with, one forces him to perform ḥalîṣah with her. After thirty days, one asks him to perform ḥalîṣah with her.” (After thirty days.) And Rebbi Eleazar said, this is Rebbi Meїr’s. And Rebbi Eleazar said, that refers only to her, but not to her co-wife. As you say there, she is not believed to damage her co-wife, so here, he is not believed to damage his son.

הַנּוֹדֶרֶת הֲנָיָיה מִיבָמָהּ כול׳. כְּהָדָא. הוּא אוֹמֵר. בָּעַלְתִּי. וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת. לֹא נִבְעַלְתִי. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁחָזַר וְאָמַר. לֹא בָעַלְתִי. לֹא הַכֹּל מִמֶּנּוּ. שֶׁכְּבָר מִשָּׁעָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אָמַר. בָּעַלְתִּי. אֲבָל אִם אָמַר מִשָּׁעָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה. לֹא בָעַלְתִי. שְׁנֵיהֶן יְכוֹלִין לַעֲקוֹר חֲזָקָה. חֲבֵרַיָיא בָעֵיי. מַה נָן קַיָימִין. אִם בְּמִשְׁנָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה שָׁמַעְנוּ שֶׁמּוּתָּר לְיַיבֵּם. אִם בְּמִשְׁנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה שָׁמַעְנוּ שֶׁמּוּתָּר לַחֲלוֹץ. שָׁמַענוּ שֶׁכּוֹפִין. רַב הוּנָא בְשֵׁם רַב. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא הַגֵּט יוֹצֵא מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ לְתוֹךְ יָדָהּ. הוּא אָמַר. גֵט אִשָּׁה. וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת. גֵט יְבָמָה. בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים חֲזָקָה לֹא בָעַל כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם מְבַקְשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בָעֵי. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם חֲזָקָה בָעַל. וְאַתְּ אָמַר כּוֹפִין. אֶלָּא כֵינִי. רַב הוּנָא בְשֵּׁם רַב. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא הַגֵּט יוֹצֵא מִתּוֹךְ יָדוֹ לְתוֹךְ יָדָהּ. הוּא אָמַר. גֵט אִשָּׁה. וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת. גֵט יְבָמָה. בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים חֲזָקָה לֹא בָעַל כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם מְבַקְשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיַּחֲלוֹץ לָהּ. כְּהָדָא. הוּא אָמַר. בְָּעַלְתִּי. וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת. לֹא נִבְעַלְתִי. פְּשִׁיטָא דְהוּא מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת. פְּשִׁיטָא שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹרְשָׁהּ. לֹא צְרִיכָא דְלֹא מַהוּ שֶׁיֵירֵשׁ נִיכְסֵי אָחִיו. הִיא אוֹמֶרֶת. נִבְעַלְתִי. וְהוּא אוֹמֵר. לֹא בָעַלְתִי. פְּשִׁיטָא שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת. פְּשִׁיטָא שֶׁהוּא יוֹרֵשׁ נִיכְסֵי אָחִיו. לֹא צְרִיכָא דְלֹא מַהוּ שֶׁיִירָשֶׁנָּה.

“If a woman made a vow forbidding herself any usufruct,” etc. Consider the following: He said, I copulated, but she says, I was not copulated with. Even if he changed and then said, I did not copulate, he cannot be believed since from the start he had said, I copulated. But if from the start he said that he had not copulated, the two together can uproot the presumption. The colleagues asked: What are we talking about? If following the early Mishnah, we have understood that one may marry in levirate. If following the later Mishnah, we have understood that one may perform ḥalîṣah. Where did we hear that one coerces? Rav Huna in the name of Rav: That is, if a bill of divorce has passed from his hand to her hand. He says, it is the bill of divorce of a wife. But she says, it is the bill of divorce of a sister-in-law. Within thirty days, the presumption is that he did not copulate; one coerces him to performḥalîṣah. After thirty days, one asks him to perform ḥalîṣah. Rebbi Yose asked, after thirty days, the presumption is that he copulated and you say one coerces? But it must be the following: Rav Huna in the name of Rav: That is, if a bill of divorce has passed from his hand to her hand. He says, it is the bill of divorce of a wife. But she says, it is the bill of divorce of a sister-in-law. Within thirty days, the presumption is that he did not copulate; one coerces him to performḥalîṣah. After thirty days, one asks him to performḥalîṣah. The following: If he says, I copulated, and she says, I was not copulated with, it is obvious that he has to sustain her. It is obvious that he does not inherit from her. The problem is whether he inherits his brother’s property. If she says, I was copulated with, and he says, I did not copulate, it is obvious that he does not have to sustain her. It is obvious that he inherits his brother’s property. The problem is whether he inherits from her.