A Rebbi asked his student on a test “What is yibum”? The student wrote: “When a man dies bald, his brother marries his wife.”  The Rebbi was confused.   Where did the student get this answer about the man dying bald?  When he asked the student for his source, the student said “I got it from Artscroll.” Now the Rebbi was really confused.  So he opened up the Artscroll and saw that it says on yibum “When a man dies heirless…”

05/10/2021