To be honest I was not excited when I realized that this year at YU they are studying Yevamos, which is the tractate on the topic of yibum, in which the brother of a man who died without children has an obligation to marry the widow.
It is one of the tractates that during the daf yomi cycle I studied a bit and in some ways to me exemplifies the seemingly trivial and overly complex nature of Talmud study.
At first I had decided that I would not try to follow along with Rav Rosensweig, but after listening to his introduction, I am re-energized. As always he did an amazing job in beginning to explain the overall importance of yevamos.
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