Questions tagged [maseches-kiddushin]
Tractate of Talmud dealing with the laws of marriage
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Berachot 7a – Is there a connection between R. Meir and Acher?
In Berachot 7a we find the following passage:
וא"ר יוחנן משום ר' יוסי שלשה דברים בקש משה מלפני הקב"ה ונתן לו בקש שתשרה שכינה על ישראל ונתן לו שנאמר הלוא בלכתך עמנו בקש שלא תשרה שכינה על עובדי ...
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The application of the dispute about the borders of Babylon
The Talmud (Kiddushin 71b) discusses the differences in the lineage of people from different places in the vicinity of Bavel (Babylon) by analogy of health. Bavel is healthy (has a good lineage), ...
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God's Nichum Aveilim
Asking for a friend:
On Kiddushin 38a, Tosfos s.v. Tzei, explain that Hashem didn't approach Yehoshua until after the 30 days of mourning for Moshe had elapsed, since the Shechinah does not descend ...
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What does the Ritva hold about טלי קידושיך מעל גבי קרקע?
The case of "טלי גיטיך מעל גבי קרקע" (where the husband told his wife to pick up her גט [divorce document], rather than handing it to her directly) is an invalid divorce (רבא, Gittin 24a). The ...
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“Einstein ketzos”
Shalom chevra, I have heard that the ketzos hachoshen on the sugya of matana al menas lehachzir is called the “Einstein ketzos”. If someone knows why that is, and can let us know that would be great!
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Which of the 9 Parah Adumahs that have existed was from Dama ben Nesina?
Kiddushin 31a teaches us the famous story of Dama ben Nesina, ie a gentile who refused to sell the Chachamim a precious stone for the ephod since doing so would wake up his father.
The gemara ...
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Understanding the parameters of translating the pesukim
In Kiddushin 49a R' Yehuda makes the following statement
ר' יהודה אומר המתרגם פסוק כצורתו הרי זה בדאי והמוסיף עליו הרי זה מחרף ומגדף
One who translates a verse literally is a liar, one who adds his ...
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Who was Rav Yonah the grandson of Rabbeinu Yonah and Ramban?
There is a fascinating piece brought in the Shu"t HaRashbash (Rav Shlomo ben Shimon Duran) in siman 291 (although written clearly here) where it relates the following story:
Rabbeinu Yonah’s ...
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What does the Gemara mean that anything given to the heart, it says by it “and you will fear your G-d”?
Kiddushin 32b:
יכול יעצים עיניו כמי שלא ראהו ת"ל תקום ויראת דבר המסור ללב נאמר בו (ויקרא יט, יד) ויראת מאלהיך
I might have thought he can close his eyes like one who did not see [the elder]; ...
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Similarity between Eisov and Dama ben Netina for honoring parents
Eisov = Red = Edom = Romi (Rome)
Eisov excelled in honoring Yitzhok (B"R 65)
Dama B"N was a senator (? or a general) in Rome's province in Ashkelon (according to Yerushalmi)
דמא is the letters אדום
He ...
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Yichud, shomer by night?
For yichud issues, a (Jewish) man and his wife are mutually considered shomer: אשתו משמרתו.
But do this apply by night?
Basis for this question, the Gemara Qidushin 81a
רב ביבי אקלע לבי רב יוסף, ...
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Question on Kiddushin 7a (Rashi)
On Kiddushin 7a, Rashi writes (d.h. וכן לענין ממונא) about 3 principles where monetary transactions are supported by either the din of the guarantor (ערב) or the din of the eved ca'ani, or by both ...
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Why does the good inclination come in 13 years late?
To paraphrase Avos D'Rebbi Nassan 16:2:
The evil inclination grows when a person is born, while the good inclination enters at Bar/Bas Mitzvah. As a minor, if he desecrates Shabbos, his inclination ...
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If someone never met their father, but has various information about him (e.g last name, profession etc.), are they a shetuki?
In Kiddushin mishnayos 4:2, it says:
And which are the shetukim? Anyone who knows [who] his mother [is], but does not know [who] his father [is]. And which are the asufim? Anyone who was gathered ...
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Why are the descendants of Hurdus still considered to be slaves according to Shmuel?
In Maseches Kiddushin 70b it seems that Shmuel held that Hurdus and his descendants had the status of slaves, but in Gittin 38a it seems that according to Shmuel, if the master gives up on retrieving ...
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Kiddushin 8b: Making kiddushin vs fulfilling a mitzvah
Kiddushin 8b asks if a man says "Mikudeshes li" to a woman and gives her a loaf and she says "Give it to a poor person" she is not engaged - even if the poor person is supported by ...
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Does acting "for G-d's sake" override Arayos prohibitions?
The Gemmorah in Kiddushin 81b describes the story of a Rabbi seemingly overriding the [as most agree, Biblical] prohibition of Kiruv Ervah. After a short debate, he finds an excuse that he was acting "...
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Mitzvot that "are practiced" vs Chayav and Patur
The Mishnah Kiddushin (1:8-9) and the following Gemmorah (35-36) use the word "מצוות נוהגות" instead of the accepted "אנשים חייבים" or "נשים פטורות":
"הַסְּמִיכוֹת,....
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A gift on condition that I could take it back
The Gemara in Kiddushin 6b says that one may not marry a woman with money given on condition that she return it afterwards, as it's like chalipin which is invalid for marriage.
Say that a man gives a ...
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Excluding a case in קנין but קנין remains valid
I heard of an idea that when it comes to קנינים (Acquisitions)if the קנין cannot be done in every instance, the קנין does can not apply at all.
Example: (Forgetting רש"י or other commentaries) In ...
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Does kiddushin work if the couple don't understand the implications?
According to the first Mishna of Kiddushin, if I understand correctly, marriage is effectively a legal contract where the man takes "ownership" of the woman with her consent. This answer to ...
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If giving tzedakah money to parents is a "disrespectful matter" (Talmud, Kiddushin 32a), is giving tzedakah to other relatives a bad idea as well?
My question is going to be a bit complicated so stay with me before you mark it as a duplicate. In my previous question Is giving money to parents considered a tzedaka?, I received answers that it's ...