Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 6

  Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 6   Introduction The sugya continues to try to understand why Bet Shammai rules that a woman cannot be betrothed for less than a dinar.   רבי שמעון בן...

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 5

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 5   Introduction Today s daf asks why R. Assi needed to even tell us that any amount fixed by the Torah is reckoned in Tyrian currency.   מאי קמ"ל תנינא...

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 4

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 4   Introduction Today s sugya contains yet another difficulty raised against R. Assi s rule that any money mentioned in the Torah is in Tyrian coins, which implies a minimum of a silver dinar.   והרי...

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 3

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 3   Introduction The Talmud continues to search for exceptions to the rule that any money mentioned in the Torah must be a minimum of a silver dinar.   והרי מעשר...

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 2

Kiddushin, Daf Yod Aleph, Part 2   Introduction Today s sugya discusses the statement we learned yesterday about whether the coins referred to are Tyrian coins or the lower value provincial coins.   גופא אמר...