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Makos 002: Chalutzah
Shmuel Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
What is a chalutzah?
Shmuel Greenberg,
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The Kollel replies:
Here is what we wrote in the Background notes to Kidushin 45:6
6) [line 12] CHALITZAH
(a) If a married man dies childless and has brothers who survive him, his
widow or widows may not remarry until one of her husband's brothers
performs Yibum (levirate marriage) or Chalitzah (levirate release) with one
of them, as it states in Devarim 25:5-10.
(b) If the live brother does not wish to marry the dead brother's widow, he
must perform Chalitzah. To do so, he appears before a Beis Din of three and
states, "I do not want to marry her," after which his sister-in-law
approaches him before the elders, takes off his right sandal and spits in
front of him. She then declares, "This is what shall be done to the man who
will not build up a family for his brother." After this process is
completed, she is free to marry whom she wants (although she is prohibited
mid'Rabanan to marry a Kohen). A woman who has been through such a process
is known as a "Chalutzah."
M. Kornfeld
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