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YOMA 13

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1) SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT KOHEN GADOL (cont'd)

(a) R. Yosi agrees that if the first Kohen Gadol dies, that the replacement takes his place permanently.
(b) Question: This seems obvious?
(c) Answer: We might have wished to avoid hard feelings.

(a) Question: Why do the Rabanan regard the risk of his P'sul more so than his death?
(b) Answer: The likelihood of Tum'ah is greater.
(c) Question: How would R. Yehudah respond to the endless risks concern of the Rabanan?
(d) Answer: We concern ourselves with the risk of one death, not two (while Rabanan hold that once we are concerned about deaths, we would be concerned even for two).
(e) Question: What of the endless risk charge against the Rabanan?
(f) Answer: Kohen Gadol is a Zariz.
(g) Question: Then why the need for the replacement?
(h) Answer: To spur him on even further.
(i) Question: But designating the replacement does not make her his Beiso?
(j) Answer: He gives her Kidushin.
(k) Question: But without Chupah, she is still not Beiso?
(l) Answer: He does Chupah.
(m) Question: But then he has two wives, and it is not Beiso?
(n) Answer: He then divorces her.
(o) Question: Then we are back where we started?!
(p) Answer: He divorces her on condition.

(a) He stipulates, If you die...
(b) Question: He could then end up with two wives?
(c) Answer: He stipulates 'If you don't die... '.
(d) Question: He could end up with no wife?!
(e) Answer: He stipulates 'If one of my wives dies... '.
(f) Question: He could end up with two wives?
(g) Question #2: A Get with a life-long condition is not valid?!
(h) Answer: He stipulates 'If the other does not die... '.
(i) Question: He could end up having had done the first half of the Avodah with two wives?!

(j) Answer: He made a prior stipulation 'If the other dies... '.
(k) Question: He could end up with no wife?
(l) Answer: He divorces both with stipulations:

1. To the first 'If the other does not die...'.
2. To the second 'If you do not walk into... '.

(m) Question: But he could end up with no wife?!
(n) Answer: He takes the stipulation to the second wife into his own control (and if he sees that one is dying he can retroactively activate the divorce of the other).
(o) Question: But it says the singular "Bayis" by Yibum, as well?
(p) Answer: The extra "Yevimto" increases the number.
(q) Question: But an Arusah should be restricted by Yibum?
(r) Answer: We learn Arusah by Yibum from "ha'Chutzah".

(a) (Tana Kama): He offers even while an Onen.
(b) (R. Yehudah): All day.
(c) Question: What is all day?
(d) Answer: We even bring him from his house.
(e) Question: Such a leniency in Aninus from R. Yehudah from whom we know great strictness in this area?!
(f) Answer: Rather, he does not offer all day, lest he eat.