Chapter 1 · Ways of kiddushin

Kiddushin through relations

Lesson 5 of 58 20 min

Study kiddushin through relations and trace the argument.

Lesson goals

01Identify the source question
02Read the derivation from “a woman with a husband”
03State the passage’s conclusion and its limits

01

Source and decoding

Kiddushin 9b

ובביאה. מנא לן? אמר רבי אבהו אמר רבי יוחנן: דאמר קרא ״בעלת בעל״ – מלמד שנעשה לה בעל על ידי בעילה.

Rabbi Yohanan derives from a verse that relations can establish kiddushin.

1Identify the source question
2Read the derivation from “a woman with a husband”
3Distinguish kiddushin from marriage in the discussion on daf 10

Kushya

Why not rely on Rabbi’s verse “and has relations with her”?

Terutz

Without the additional derivation, one might require prior kiddushin followed by relations.

Insight

Recognizing legal effect is not a recommendation to use it; daf 12 records practical censure of kiddushin through relations.

Practice

Build a table: source, action, and result. Distinguish kiddushin from marriage in the discussion on daf 10

Lesson wrap-up

Rabbi Yohanan derives from a verse that relations can establish kiddushin.

Check your understanding

Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

Question 1 of 2

What does Rabbi Yohanan derive?

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