Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 3 Introduction This mishnah introduces a concept that was very important in marital law in the mishnaic/talmudic times and continued to be a prominent factor in the choice of spouse throughout Jewish history: genealogical...
Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 2 Introduction R. Eliezer rules that the child of a slave and a mamzer is a slave mamzer. When freed, the child remains a mamzer. Our sugya explains his reasoning. רבי...
Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Het, Part 6 Introduction The verse about the captive woman was sufficient to teach that kiddushin are invalid with a non-Jewish woman. But we still need a source that her children have her status they are not Jews. ...
Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Het, Part 5 Introduction In yesterday s section the Talmud used the verse Do not marry them as a proof for the rule that a Jew cannot have kiddushin with a non-Jew. But today s section asks whether that is a sufficient prooftext. ...
