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Is there a problem of 2 sisters marrying 2 brothers?
Regardless of Rav Yehudah Hachassid there would be no chalitza necessary.
No problem.
I know someone that did that
Gemara in yavamos has this case quite often
Yes, there is a problem. Rabbi Yehuda Hachassid. That doesn’t mean one shouldn’t do it, but it does mean that they should be extra careful not to violate any of the other provisions in the Tzava’ah.
He also says two brothers should not live in the same city, which almost nobody today worries about; but if the brothers have already violated one clause by marrying sisters, it would be a good idea not to violate a second, so one of the couples should move to another city.
Gemara in yavamos has this case quite often
And look what happens in every one of those cases!
Could one of our more erudite posters share the substance and takeaways of the Gemorah in Yavamos on this issue?
GH: Yibum is when there are two (or more) paternal brothers, one of whom dies childless. The brother marries (or does chalitzah if he does not want to marry) the widow. This marriage is called yibum (yevama reverse to the widow; the plural is yevamos, but the actual name of the mesechta (tractate) is likely actually “Yabmus” which refers to the topic of this type of marriage).
If two brothers are married to two sisters, and one brother dies, he cannot marry his sister in law, because she is his wife’s sister, and a man cannot marry two sisters.
This case, with several variations, is frequently discussed in the Gemara.
And my (not very serious) point was that in every single such case in the gemara one of the brothers dies without children. If one can draw any valid lesson from this gemara, it is surely that R Yehuda Hachasid was right, and brothers marrying sisters is a bad idea.
Yeah, but in the mesechta, even brothers married to non relatives are constantly dying…
I know of a set of brothers marrying sisters. One set remained childless.
The less in-laws, the healthier the extended family!
On a related note, ishamailim have a minhag of marrying two sisters on the same day to sav on expenses. Ashkenazim used to have Friday weddings for same reason.
You gotta think practical. What happens if one marriage doesn’t work out רחמנא ליצלן? On which side would the other couple stand?
HaLeVi: Are you suggesting that’s a basis for such matches to not be consummated in the first place?
I’m not sure that saving a few thousand NIS is a good reason for your brother to marry your sister-in-aw, unless of course, they had already decided to marry, even if you are Isamaelim. Friday weddings save money? Perhaps because there is much less demand to rent simcha halls erev shabbos and the caterer has lots of left over Chulent and other delites from Thursday evening along with other leftover food they are offering at a steal.
GH, just see how rich we became that struggles of previous generations are totally strange to us. But we are still complaining…
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