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Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer 18
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Even HaEzer Siman 18 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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Opens “קדושין במי תופסין. ובו סעיף אחד: קידושין…”
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<b>קדושין במי תופסין. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>קידושין תופסין בחייבי לאוין ובחייבי עשה: (וכ"ש בשניות דרבנן טור):
Betrothal takes hold between those who are prohibited by a negative commandment or positive commandment, and all the more so, [between those] with secondary Rabbinic prohibitions (Tur).
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0