(续上)撒母耳 说过:三兄弟中两人娶了包括两姊妹在内的几位妻子而死,亡夫兄弟 与两姊妹行 脱鞋礼 ,同室妻并不因此免除。可见连他也要求有效的 脱鞋礼 。照此,第二个兄弟本可行有效的 脱鞋礼 ,怎能让已行过一次的那个兄弟与居中的姊妹行有缺陷的 脱鞋礼 ?
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「……三兄弟中,有两人娶了几位妻子,其中有两姊妹,这两个已婚的兄弟后来死了,她们来到 亡夫兄弟 面前待转房;亡夫兄弟 若与妻子中的两姊妹行了 脱鞋礼 ,同室妻们并不因此免除。」
In the case of three brothers, two of whom were married to several women, including two sisters, and the two married brothers later died, and their wives happened before the yavam for levirate marriage, if the yavam performed ḥalitza with the sisters who were among the wives, the rival wives are not thereby exempt.
注:本句是上一面(叶二十六背)末句所引 撒母耳 之言的内容,引文跨面,两头各自闭合。
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由此可推知:亡夫兄弟 既不能与两姊妹转房,因为每一位都是他有转房之系之妇的姊妹,那么这 脱鞋礼 是有缺陷的,而有缺陷的 脱鞋礼 不能免除她们的同室妻。
One can deduce from here that since the yavam cannot consummate the levirate marriage with the sisters, as each is the sister of a woman with whom he has a levirate bond, then the act of ḥalitza is invalid, and invalid ḥalitza is ineffective in exempting their rival wives.
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由此得出结论:连 撒母耳 也要求有效的 脱鞋礼 ,即在可能转房的情形下所行的 脱鞋礼 。
It is concluded from here that even Shmuel requires valid ḥalitza, i.e., ḥalitza that occurs when there is a possibility of consummating the levirate marriage.
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然而照这个理由,撒母耳 在上述情形中的裁定就有难处:关于第二个姊妹,既然西缅的 脱鞋礼 ,即尚未行过 脱鞋礼 的第二个兄弟的 脱鞋礼 ,有可能是有效的 脱鞋礼 ,难道还容许已与一个姊妹行过 脱鞋礼 的流便与她行有缺陷的 脱鞋礼 吗?
According to this rationale, however, Shmuel’s ruling in the above case is difficult: With regard to the second sister, when there exists the possibility for Shimon’s ḥalitza, i.e., the ḥalitza of the second brother who did not yet perform ḥalitza, to be a valid ḥalitza, would it be allowed for Reuven, the brother who already did ḥalitza with one sister, to perform invalid ḥalitza with her?