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prepared by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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Kesuvos 73

Questions

1)

(a) According to Rav, someone who betroths a woman on condition that she has no Nedarim, and then, after he marries her S'tam, he discovers that she has, nevertheless requires a Get - Shmuel maintains that she does not.

(b) Rav's reason is not due to the fact that his marriage to her S'tam, indicates that he has foregone his original stipulation - but as Abaye explains, to the fact that a person does not like to commit adultery, so presumably, his Bi'ah is for the sake of Kidushin.

(c) The difference between the two reasons - is that, according to Abaye's explanation, she will not receive her Kesuvah (whereas had the reason been because he forewent his original stipulation, she would have).

(d) Shmuel maintains - that a person is usually Bo'eil having in mind the original Kidushin (and not for the sake of a fresh Kidushin).

2)
(a) If a Ketanah whose mother and brothers married her off, failed to make Miy'un, and then after she grew up, she married someone else, according to Rav, *she does not require a Get* from the second man - because when they performed the first Bi'ah after she grew-up, he had in mind to betroth her afresh.

(b) Shmuel says that *she does* - because, he maintains, his subsequent Bi'os were based on the first Kidushin, and not performed for the sake of a new Kidushin.

(c) She is not however, permitted to live with the second man, because, once she grows-up, she may no longer make Miy'un, though this is only mi'de'Rabbanan (which explains why she nevertheless requires a Get from the second man).

(d) According to Rav, since the first husband is subsequently Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin, the prohibition to make Miy'un *mi'd'Oraysa*, and the second man's Kidushin is ineffective.

3)
(a) Despite the fact that Rav and Shmuel already argue over this point ...
1. ... in the case of a Ketanah, they nevertheless need to repeat the Machlokes here by T'nai - because we would otherwise have thought that it is only in the case of a Ketanah, where no stipulation was made, that Rav holds that she is Mekudeshes, but that here, where a stipulation was made, Rav will agree with Shmuel, that he is Bo'eil on the understanding that she fulfills it (because he doesn't want to live with a woman who makes Nedarim).
2. ... in the case of T'nai, they nevertheless need to repeat it by a Ketanah - because we would otherwise have thought that Shmuel only said that he is not Bo'eil having in mind a new Kidushin in the case of T'nai, because he does not want to live with a woman who makes Nedarim, but that in the case of a Ketanah, he will agree with Rav, and she is Mekudeshes.
(b) Our Mishnah states 'Kansah S'tam ve'Nimtze'u Alehah Nedarim, Teitzei she'Lo bi'Kesuvah' - from which we can infer that she does not need a Kesuvah, but she does need a Get.

(c) Assuming that this (the Seifa of the Mishnah) is a continuation of the Reisha (that Kansah S'tam was preceded by Kidshah al T'nai), from which we see that he was Bo'eil with the intention of making a fresh Kidushin (a Kashya against Shmuel who says that he was not).

(d) We reconcile Shmuel's explanation with our Mishnah - by establishing the Seifa as an independent case, which speaks when the Kidushin took place without any stipulation.

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Questions

4)

(a) Having just concluded that, according to Shmuel, the Seifa of our Mishnah speaks specifically in a case of 'Kidshah S'tam ve'Kansah S'tam', we can ask on the Reisha, which speaks about 'Kidshah al T'nai' and stops there - why the Tana does not rather teach us about 'Kidshah al T'nai ve'Kansah S'tam', which is a bigger Chidush, and besides, not mentioning Kansah S'tam implies that if it would be, she would be Mekudeshes (a Kashya on Shmuel).

(b) We answer - that the Tana in fact, means to say 'Kidshah al T'nai ve'Kansah S'tam, Einah Mekudeshes'.

(c) We just concluded that, in the Seifa of our Mishnah, according to Shmuel, the woman requires a Get, but does not receive her Kesuvah. But surely the reason that the woman does not receive a Kesuvah is because the man can say 'I cannot live with a woman who makes Nedarim'! - In that case, by the same token, the Kidushin ought not to be valid either; so why does she require a Get?

(d) According to Rabah and Rav Chisda, the Get is mi'de'Rabbanan. According to Rava - the Tana is not sure whether a man (who did not stipulate) can take living with a woman who makes Nedarim or not (see also Ran). Consequently, regarding the Kesuvah, we apply the principle 'ha'Motzi me'Chaveiro Alav ha'Re'ayah'; whereas with regard to a Get, we go le'Chumra, and a Get is required.

5)
(a) Rabah contends that Rav and Shmuel argue specifically by *two* women (when a man betrothed one woman conditionally, and later betrothed and married a second one). There Rav argues with Shmuel, maintaining that the man is Bo'eil the second one for the sake of Kidushin (because he never indicated that he is particular about Nedarim with regard to her); whereas by *one* woman - even Rav will agree that the man's mind is on the condition, in which case, she will not require a Get.

(b) We refute this contention however - on the basis of the Kashya that we asked on Shmuel from our Mishnah (see 3c.), in spite of the fact that the Mishnah is speaking about one woman. So we see that it is not unanimously agreed upon that 'Kidshah al T'nai ve'Kansah S'tam' by one woman does not require a get, like Rabah contended.

(c) We therefore amend Rabah's statement to read - that Rav and Shmuel argue in the case of one woman like two women (meaning when he betrothed her on condition and divorced her, then betrothed her again S'tam and marrying her S'tam). That is where Rav says that the Bi'ah is for the sake of Kidushin (because he did not mention the condition the second time, indicating that he is no longer particular [because his fondness for the woman has now taken precedence], so that it resembles the case of two separate women). By a regular case of 'Kidshah al T'nai ve'Kansah S'tam', Rav will agree with Shmuel that she is not Mekudeshes.

(d) The case in our Mishnah from which we asked against Shmuel earlier - is the case about which they argue: 'one woman like two women'.

6)
(a) Abaye asked on Rabah from a Beraisa, which discusses 'Kidshah be'Ta'us u've'Pachos mi'Shaveh Perutah (ve'Chein Katan she'Kidshah)'. The Tana says that even if the man subsequently sends the woman gifts - she is not Mekudeshes, because he sent the gifts having the first Kidushin in mind (not in order to effect new Kidushin).

(b) The Tana Kama maintains that if they subsequently perform Bi'ah, he acquires her. According to Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah Amar Rebbi Yishmael - he does not.

(c) So we see that Tana'im do argue over whether a man is Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin or not - even by one woman. What makes us think 'Kidshah be'Ta'us' refers to when he stipulated that the woman has no Nedarim - is the fact that the other possible case of error ('Pachos mi'Shaveh Perutah'), is mentioned specifically in the Beraisa (immediately after 'Kidshah be'Ta'us').

(d) To resolve this Kashya - Rabah explains that the case of 'Pachos mi'Shaveh Perutah' only comes to explain 'Kidshah be'Ta'us' (not to add to it).

7)
(a) Having established that the Tana Kama and Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah Amar Rebbi Yishmael argue solely about Kidushin of less that a Shaveh Perutah, the basis of their Machlokes is - whether or not, a person knows that Kidushin is effective: the Tana Kama holds that he does (so he is Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin), and Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah Amar Rebbi Yishmael holds that he does not (so he is Bo'eil having the first Kidushin in mind).

(b) In the case of 'Kidshah al T'nai ve'Kansah S'tam' (by one woman) - they will both agree that he insists on the condition being met, and is not Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin, as Rabah explained.

8)
(a) According to the Tana Kama of a Beraisa, if a man stipulates that he is Bo'eil a woman on condition that her father agrees, then even if her father does not agree, she is Mekudeshes. According to Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah Amar Rebbi Shimon - if her father does not agree, she is not Mekudeshes.

(b) From here we see that, even though it is Ta'us Ishah Achas, not everyone agrees that he is not Bo'eil her for the sake of Kidushin (due to the condition) as Rabah maintains.

(c) Rabah answers however, that they are not arguing over whether the man overlooks the T'nai and is Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin. What they *are* arguing over is - in a case when her father was silent, whether the stipulation called for the positive agreement of the father (Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah Amar Rebbi Shimon), or whether it is sufficient if he does not protest (the Tana Kama).

9)
(a) 'A Yesomah be'Chayei ha'Av' is - a girl whose father married her off as a Ketanah, and who got divorced whilst she was still a Ketanah.

(b) Should the Yesomah's husband then die, the Tana of the Beraisa rules 'Choletzes ve'Lo Misyabemes' - on the grounds that, on the one hand, her divorce was valid (since as her father accepted it on her behalf), but on the other, her Kidushin was not (since a Ketanah is unable to effect a legal transaction). Consequently, the Chachamim decreed that she must make Chalitzah, but she cannot perform Yibum.

(c) But that is only if he remarried her when she was still a Ketanah and she was still a Ketanah when her husband died. If he remarried her after she grew-up, or if she had grown-up by the time her husband died - the Tana Kama holds that she is permitted to perform Yibum.

(d) Rebbi Eliezer holds 'Choletzes ve'Lo Misyabemes' whether ...

1. ... he remarried her whilst she was still a Ketanah, but she had grown-up by the time her husband died ...
2. ... or whether he remarried her after she had grown-up - because Chazal issued a decree on account of a Yesomah be'Chayei ha'Av.
10)
(a) This Beraisa poses a Kashya on Rabah - because here again, it seems that there *is* a Tana who holds that even by one woman, the man is Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin, despite an existing Ta'us, (and we presume that there is no difference between the mistake of a Ketanah and the condition of Nedarim?

(b) Rabah explains - that the Tana Kama holds that he is Bo'eil for the sake of Kidushin specifically in the case of a Ketanah, because a man knows that the Kidushin of a Ketanah is not valid, but that is not the case when there is an existing condition, in which case he has the condition in mind when they are Bo'eil.

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