1,947. Two Brothers with Congenital Deafness Married to Two Sisters

Yibum v’Chalitzah 7:15

Let’s say that two brothers were married to two sisters, each of whom was a minor and able to dissolve her marriage through refusal (miun) or each of whom had congenital deafness. If one of these brothers dies, his wife is not obligated in either chalitzah or yibum because she is the sister of the surviving brother’s wife. Let’s say that one of the sisters was an adult and the other was a minor. If the husband of the minor died, she is not obligated in either chalitzah or yibum because she is the sister of the surviving brother’s wife. If the husband of the adult sister died, the minor sister is directed to dissolve her marriage through refusal, thereby enabling the adult sister to perform yibum.

Yibum v’Chalitzah 7:16

Let’s say that two brothers with congenital deafness married two sisters and one of the brothers died. In such a case, his wife is not obligated in chalitzah or yibum because she is the sister of the surviving brother’s wife. This law is true regardless of whether the sisters also had congenital deafness, whether they had full faculties, or whether one had congenital deafness and the other had full faculties. It is also the case when two sisters have congenital deafness and are married to two brothers, regardless of whether the brothers also had congenital deafness, whether they had full faculties, or whether one had congenital deafness and the other had full faculties. The reason for this is because none of these marriages is completely effected.