Nov 112016
 

Can a coin be used to effect a kinyan chalipin (symbolic kinyan) and if it can’t, can a coin be acquired through a kinyan chalipin?  These questions are debated and sources are brought to prove or disprove opinions on the matter.  In this context an important debate between Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish is raised about whether money can be used by Torah law to acquire items.  Both agree that practically it can’t be; however Rabbi Yochanan holds that it is only because of a gezeira from the rabbis.

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