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...

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...

They also practiced levirate marriage, similar to the Jewish practice of yibbum. Shabbat is observed on Saturday, when it is forbidden to light a fire....

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...

inheritance, including the levirate marriage known in the Old Testament as yibbum. At the introduction of the Protestant Reformation, priests were allowed...

" First Things (January 2017) 'Can All Religions Be True?' (2005) 'The Yibbum of Henry VIII' (2009) 'Torah Giants Confront Modernity: A Study of Rabbanim...

125 ) Laws concerning divorce    (Mitzvot: 126 - 127 ) Laws concerning Yibbum and Halitza     (Mitzvot: 128 - 130 ) Laws concerning a young virgin   ...

masturbation, was coitus interruptus. Onan was also violating the duty of yibbum. He was struck down by God because he "spilt his seed upon the ground" while...

against God, with his failure to fulfill the terms of his Levirate marriage (Yibbum) being his final rebellious act. Also see: Natural Family Planning, Barrier...

of wages, vicarious liability, flogging, treatment of domestic animals, yibbum (יִבּוּם‎ "levirate marriage"), weights and measures, and wiping out the...

inheritance is part of Mosaic law in which it is known as levirate marriage (see yibbum). A feature of that practice is that the dead husband's brother must marry...

chapter 2, ¶ 8, in, e.g., Maimonides, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Yibbum Va'Chalitzah (The Laws of Yibbum and Chalitzah): and Hilchot Na'arah Betulah (The Laws of...

five books of the Torah as divinely inspired. The Jewish Levirate law or Yibbum) states that if a man dies and his wife has not had a son, his brother must...