Study Guide Kiddushin 15

This week's learning is sponsored by Joshua Schor in honor of Lori Schuldiner Schor on their double Chai 36th anniversary last week. "Lori is my eternal teacher in "Darchei Noam" all ways pleasant and good. Her generosity and dedication to learning are models for me and our growing family. Lots of love."

Who is the tana who doesn't hold by the gezeira shava of sakhir sakhir? The Gemara brings three different tannaitic sources to find a tana that matches this opinion, but each one is rejected as alternative explanations are suggested. In the context of these sources, the sages are grappling with which laws mentioned in the verses about Jewish slaves apply to which category of Jewish slave.

Study Guide Kiddushin 14

From where do we derive the ways in which a yevama is acquired (intercourse) and freed (chalitza or death of the yabam) from her first husband's brother? From where do we learn that a married woman is not released through chalitza and a yevama is not released by a get? How is a Jewish slave acquired and freed? How is a Jewish maidservant acquired and freed? How is a Jewish slave who gets his ear pierced in order to enable his to stay with his master beyond the six years acquired and freed? There are four types of Jewish slaves mentioned in the Torah - 1. One sold by the court (if he/she stole and did not have the money to repay the owner); 2. One who sold oneself out of poverty to a Jew; 3. One who sold oneself out of poverty to a gentile; 4. a maidservant sold by her father. From where do we derive that each type of Jewish slave is acquired by money?

Study Guide Kiddushin 13

More opinions are brought about why Beit Shammai require a dinar for marriage. Beit Hillel's holds that a woman can be betrothed with a pruta. What is the value of that pruta? What if the item is something that fluctuates in value? What if it was worth less but somewhere else could be worth a pruta? What if after the fact there is a question about the marriage and the current value is a pruta but it may have been worth more earlier when the marriage took place? Several actual cases are brought. Rav instituted lashes for people who did various things including getting betrothed without prearranging, or in the marketplace, or by betrothal through intercourse. The latter, while permitted by the Torah, was frowned upon by the rabbis.

Today's daf is sponsored by Betsy Frank in honor of Penny's Daf Yomi Salon.

Today's daf is sponsored by Marilyn Katz in honor of Rebecca Koenigsberg. "She is a constant source for me of inspiration and knowledge, and whose constant observation of the mitzva of hachnassat orchim extends to regularly serving as the siyum mesaderet for our small local group of daf-yomi-ers."

Why does Beit Shammai hold that the money required for betrothal is significantly higher than the amount Beit Hillel says? Several answers are suggested.

Study Guide Kiddushin 9