The Three Month Period of "Havchanah" for a Wife before Re-Marriage
Source for the fact that a widow is permitted to marry other men: Kiddushin 13b
Requiring a three-month gap after widowing or divorce: Eruvin 47a
At what point the three months' count begins: Gittin 18a
Requiring a three month wait even if her relationship with her first husband was such that she was not likely to become pregnant: Ketuvot 60b
Requiring a three month wait even if the wife could not have been impregnated shortly before the death or divorce: Eruvin 47a; Ketuvot 60b
Requiring a three month wait even if the husband and wife had only been engaged: Eruvin 47a
Bringing an asham taluy, and divorcing, due to possible incest, if a childless widow marries her brother-in-law for yibbum [levirate marriage] within three months of her first husband's death, and then has a child seven months after her re-marriage: Keritot 17b-18a
Is there a need for a shevuyah to wait three months before marrying, to identify paternity of any child she produces?: Ketuvot 37a
Is there a need for a woman who converts to Judaism to wait three months before marrying, to identify paternity of any child she produces?: Ketuvot 37a
Is there a need for a female eved to wait three months after being freed before marrying, to identify paternity of any child she produces?: Ketuvot 37a
