Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Yevamot 67:5

ור"מ אליבא דמאן אי אליבא דרבי יהושע האמר טעה בדבר מצוה פטור אלא אליבא דרבי אליעזר

is an offence of a different character.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it is not from the (same) designation'. Shab. 102a, Shebu. 24b, Ker. 13b. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Whose view, however, IS R. Meir<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, as has been shown, is represented by the Tanna of our Mishnah who admits the imposition of one prohibition upon another even where the performance of a commandment (e.g.. marriage) was intended. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> following? If he follows R. Joshua.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is at variance on a similar question with R. Eliezer (Shab. 1370). Both R. Joshua and R. Eliezer were R. Meir's teachers. ');"><sup>14</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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