Yibbum

Yibbum (pronounced [jibum], Hebrew: ייבום) is the form of levirate marriage found in Judaism. As specified by Deuteronomy 25:5–10, the brother of a man...

deceased husband may avoid the duty to marry under the biblical system of yibbum (levirate marriage) The process involves the widow making a declaration...

of yibbum in favor of halizah, to the point where in most contemporary Jewish communities, and in Israel by mandate of the Chief Rabbinate, yibbum is...

tractate of the Talmud that deals with, among other concepts, the laws of Yibbum (ייבום, loosely translated in English as levirate marriage), and, briefly...

spouse is no longer married. Conversely, in Judaism there was the custom of yibbum, whereby a man had a non-obligatory duty to wed his deceased brother's childless...

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widow, Leah (Lauren Ambrose), to honor him via the ancient Jewish law of yibbum (levirate marriage). Loving Leah began as a play by P'nenah Goldstein and...

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Solomon's wife after Solomon died in accordance with scripture, namely, yibbum (the mitzvah that a man must marry his brother's childless widow). Jesus...

perform yibbum (marry the widow of one's childless brother) — Deut. 25:5 To perform halizah (free the widow of one's childless brother from yibbum) — Deut...

yibbum (a kind of levirate marriage) with the widow so as to have children with her in the name of the deceased. The brother can refuse to do yibbum and...

does not participate in halitzah or yibbum. And the Sages say: she must participate in either halitzah or yibbum. For they have said: it is possible for...

qualify as King of Israel. Another explanation for these differences is yibbum, as offered by John of Damascus: "One ought also to observe this, that the...

to his brother and begat Joseph, in accordance with scripture, namely, yibbum (the mitzvah that a man must marry his brother's childless widow); Joseph...

tractates: Yevamot (יבמות‎ "Brothers-in-Law") deals with the Jewish law of yibbum (levirate marriage) (Deut. 25:5–10) and other topics such as the status...

husbands had died. The lying daughter-in-law was obliged by the laws of Yibbum to marry her brother-in-law unless released from the arrangement through...

sanyasi, is commanded by his teacher to perform niyoga.[citation needed] Yibbum Thomas P. (1924). Kama Kalpa Or The Hindu Ritual Of Love. p. 21. Benjamin...

a surviving brother to perform either yibbum or halizah. Already in the times of the Talmud, performing yibbum was deprecated in favor of halitza for...

fashion, just as Moses was expounding the law of levirate marriage, or yibbum, and they argued for their inheritance by analogy to that law. The daughters...

favoring Yibbum over Halitza, which contradicted a religious ruling made by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel a year earlier, which had forbidden Yibbum.[citation...