Yibum ( Hebrew יִיבּוּם , also Yibbum [1] , Ibum [2] ) is a levirate marriage in Judaism .
The purpose of the yibum is to continue the kind of deceased brother and preserve his land allotment within the tribe to which he belonged. Later, Talmudic laws replaced the obligation to enter into a levirate marriage with a halytsa [3] .
According to the Torah ( Deut. 25: 5-10 ), the brother of a man who has died childless is obliged to marry his widow. If one of the parties refuses, then both are obliged to undergo the “Chalice” rite.
In the Tanach, the performance of the Yibum rite is mentioned several times, in particular in the history of Judah and Tamar and in the Book of Ruth .
Khalitsa
The rite of Khalitsa (literally: “taking off, untying”) is that in the presence of the elders of the city, the childless widow ( Jebama ) of the deceased husband’s brother, unties the shoe on the foot of his brother-in-law, spits in front of him and pronounces the famous formula [4] .
See also
- Posthumous marriage
- Levirate marriage
Notes
- ↑ Nicholas de Lange. Judaism. The oldest world religion . - ISBN 5457181642 , 9785457181649.
- ↑ Petr Lyukimson, Mark Kotlyarsky. Secrets of Jewish sex.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Round the World CHALIC
- ↑ s: EBE / Halitsa