Mar 182016
 

A woman can be betrothed if she asks the husband to give the money to someone else and doesn’t receive the money herself or if the husband himself doesn’t put up the money.  Rava explains where we derive this from.  Can she be the one to give the money?  If so, why does that work?  Can one betroth a woman by saying half of her is betrothed to him?  Or can he say half of him is betrothed to her?  Various questions are brought (and not answered) regarding combining 2 marriages with one peruta or 2 items (a woman and a cow, a woman and land).  If using something that has monetary value and not money itself, does one need to evaluate the item to know its precise value?

Mar 172016
 

Kiddushin  has to be effected with a declaration like “behold you are bethrothed to me.”  What other wording can effect kiddushin?  What about by divorce?  Are there situations where no declaration is necessary?  One cannot bethroth a woman with money in a case that she borrowed money and he says that the money she owes will effect the kiddushin.  What other cases are similar that would work but aren’t recommended?  Can a sale, a marriage, pidyon haben, truma be effected by giving the money/gift to the other conditioned upon it being returned?

Mar 162016
 

From where do we derive that kiddushin can be effected through sexual relations and through a document?  How does Rav Huna learn that chuppa can also effect kiddushin?  Kiddushin with money requires that a declaration be made.  what if the woman makes that declaration?  Does that work?

Study Guide Kiddushin 5

Mar 152016
 

From where do we derive that a man can marry a woman through money and that if she is a minor or a na’ara the money goes to her father?   This discussion continues from yesterday’s daf as conclusive proofs are now brought and examined in light of other sources.

Study Guide Kiddushin 4

Mar 142016
 

Why did the mishna use the term derachim instead of devarim?   The gemara compares different mishnayot that employ the same term in order to resolve the question. Why does the mishna give numbers and not just cite the options.  From where does the gemara learn that kiddushin can be done with money and that if the girls is a minor or a na’ara, that the money goes to the father?

Study Guide Kiddushin 3

Mar 132016
 

A woman is acquired in 3 ways and gets herself out of it in 2 ways.  What kind of acquiring is going on here?  Is it like buying an object?  Or is there something more than that?  Why is the subject the woman is acquired and not the man acquires?  Why is the root kinyan (acquiring) used and not the root kodesh (kiddushin) used as appears in the second chapter where it says the man is mekadesh.  Why does the word 3 appear in feminine where is a similarly structured mishna is appears in masculine form.