Prayer for Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.

B'Siyata Dishmaya (With the Help of Heaven)

Tractate Yevamos, Particularly "Tzaras HaBas"

Omnipotent Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to learn and complete Tractate Yevamos, particularly [the subject of] Tzaras HaBas (the rival wife of a daughter). For according to Beis Hillel, [the offspring of] Beis Shammai are mamzeirim (illegitimate children), and according to Beis Shammai, [the offspring of] Beis Hillel are pegumim (disqualified from the priesthood), since they transgress a positive and a negative commandment. As it is stated: "The wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger" {a negative commandment}, and "her brother-in-law shall come to her and perform levirate marriage" {a positive commandment}. And from the children of these rival wives came Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests) who served upon the Altar, as it is stated: "He shall not defile himself for any dead person among his people." However, a Kohen Gadol is permitted to offer sacrifices as an onen (a mourner prior to burial), even when he is an onen for his father or his mother.