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Yevamot 97: Rape Assumed

jyungar June 12, 2022

For the source text click/tap here: Yevamot 97

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The eleventh perek of Massekhet Yevamot deals with out of the ordinary family connections and relationships. While most of them focus on relationships in the context of yibum other relationships are dealt with, as well.

One example that is discussed is based on the fact that some issurei erva – incestuous relationships – take effect only when the man and woman involved were married, and not if their sexual relationship took place outside of marriage.

Thus, for example, the Tanna Kamma of the Mishna on our daf permits someone to marry a woman who his father had seduced or raped, even though that person would not have been allowed to marry her had she been his father’s wife.

We explore attitudes to rape in the talmud and rabbinic attitudes thereof, and Professor Judith Hauptman’s sensitive analysis of texts.

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This is Julian Ungar-Sargon's personal website. It contains poems, essays, and podcasts for the spiritual seeker and interdisciplinary aficionado.​