Chapter 1 · Ways of kiddushin

Deriving kiddushin through money

Lesson 2 of 58 20 min

Study deriving kiddushin through money and trace the argument.

Lesson goals

Source and decoding

Kiddushin 3b

אמר רב יהודה אמר רב: דאמר קרא ״ויצאה חנם אין כסף״ – אין כסף לאדון זה, אבל יש כסף לאדון אחר. ומאן ניהו – אב.

Rav reads release without payment to the master as implying payment to the father in his daughter’s kiddushin.

Kushya

How do we know money effects kiddushin, and who receives it?

Terutz

The derivation distinguishes release from a master from leaving paternal authority.

Practice

Build a table: source, action, and result. Mark the derivation and its context of a daughter under paternal authority

Lesson wrap-up

Rav reads release without payment to the master as implying payment to the father in his daughter’s kiddushin.

Check your understanding

Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

Question 1 of 2

Who receives the payment in Rav’s derivation?