Audio by Dr. Michael Sokolow

If two brothers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, were married to two strangers, one of whom was deaf and the other of sound senses, and the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf woman, died, what should the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses. Do? He must marry [the widow], but if he wishes to divorce her he may do so. If the brother of sound senses, the husband of the woman of sound senses, died, what should the deaf brother, the husband of the deaf woman, do? He must marry [the widow] and he may never divorce her.

 שני אחים, אחד חירש ואחד פיקח, נשואים לשתי נוכרייות, אחת חירשת ואחת פיקחת-- מת חירש בעל החירשת, מה יעשה פיקח בעל הפיקחת׃ כונס; ואם רצה להוציא, יוציא׃ מת פיקח בעל הפיקחת, מה יעשה חירש בעל החירשת׃ כונס, ואינו מוציא לעולם

If a woman and her husband went to a country beyond the sea [at a time when there was] peace between him and her and [when there was also] peace in the world, and she came back and said, my husband is dead`, she may marry again; and if she said, `my husband is dead [and has left no issue]` she may contract the Levirate marriage. [If, however, there was] peace between him and her, but war in the world, [or if there was] discord between him and her, but peace in the world, and she came back and said, `my husband is dead`, she is not believed. R. Judah said: she is never believed unless she comes weeping and her garments are rent. They, however, said to him: she may marry in either case.

 יבמות 15.1
האישה שהלכה היא ובעלה למדינת הים, שלום בינו לבינה, שלום בעולם-- באת ואמרה מת בעלי, תינשא; מת בעלי, תתייבם׃ שלום בינו לבינה, מלחמה בעולם, קטטה בינו לבינה, ושלום בעולם-- באת ואמרה מת בעלי, אינה נאמנת׃ רבי יהודה אומר, לעולם אינה נאמנת, אלא אם כן באת בוכה ובגדיה קרועים׃ אמרו לו, אחת זו ואחת זו, תינשא

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