Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Yevamot 67:1

ומאן האי תנא דאית ליה איסור כולל ואיסור מוסיף ואיסור בת אחת

And who is this Tanna<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In our Mishnah. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> that admits the force<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to whom there is'. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> of a 'comprehensive prohibition', a 'prohibition of a wider range' and 'simultaneous prohibitions'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wherever they can all be applied to the same person. If, e.g., A the brother of B betrothed C the sister of D, C is forbidden to B as 'his brother's wife' and as 'a married woman', both prohibitions having come into force simultaneously. If B subsequently betrothed D, her sister C becomes forbidden to him, by the comprehensive prohibition of 'his wife's sister', (comprehending all the sisters of D inclusive of C). When C becomes a menstruant she is forbidden to B as a menstruant also, this last being a prohibition of a wider range extending as it does the prohibition of the woman to A also. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. What is the meaning of the following statement in Yer. Yuma, 1,1: "Those who wed widows must marry them long before sunset in order that they perform no act of possession on the Sabbath day."?
A. The Huppah ceremony is the marriage proper for a maiden, while the essential marital act for the widow who remarries is cohabitation. Therefore, a person marrying a widow must consummate the marriage before sunset (on Friday) lest he first cohabit with her on the Sabbath and thus perform an act of possession on the Sabbath.
SOURCES: L. 151.
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