There are three stages to levirate marriage: (1) The man dies and a levirate bond is formed between his widow and his brother. (2) The bond is formalized through a levirate betrothal. (3) The bond is ...

As we know, when a man dies childless, his brother becomes obligated to enter into a levirate marriage with his widow with the goal of producing a child through whom the deceased brother’s lineage can ...

One of the most esoteric laws in the Torah is yibum, the law of the Levirate marriage. The Torah forbids a man from marrying his brother’s wife, but if the brother dies childless, the living brother ...