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‘A Non-Jew Has No Father’: The Halachic Status of Convert Brothers and Their Wives in the Context of Levirate Marriage and Sexual Prohibitions (Yevamot 97b-98a)
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‘A Non-Jew Has No Father’: The Halachic…

Apr 27

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‘A Non-Jew Has No Father’: The Halachic Status of Convert Brothers and Their Wives in the Context of Levirate Marriage and Sexual Prohibitions (Yevamot 97b-98a)
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This piece analyzes the sugya in Yevamot 97b-98a about the halakhic status of twin brothers who converted to Judaism, focusing on their ability—or inability—to perform yibbum (levirate marriage) or ḥalitza with each other's widows.

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