Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 6

  Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 6   Introduction A parable by R. Shimon as to why the Torah says a man takes a woman and not a woman is taken by a man.   ואי בעית אימא הא...

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 5

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 5   Introduction Now the Talmud asks why the mishnah uses the word ways instead of things.   מ"ט תני שלוש משום דרכים...

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 4

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 4   Introduction The Talmud now begins to examine why the Mishnah uses the feminine form of the word for three (shalosh), and not the masculine form (sheloshah).   ומאי איריא...

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 3

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 3   Introduction The Talmud continues to discuss why the Mishnah states a woman is acquired.   וניתני הכא האיש קונה...

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 2

Kiddushin, Daf Bet, Part 2   Introduction The first couple of pages of Kiddushin are intensely interested in the particulars of the language of the Mishnah, and not in its content. Since the Geonic period (the period that immediately followed the Talmudic...