Kiddushin 52a

קידושין נ״ב ע״א

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Topic

The end of the dispute between אביי and רבא about קידושין שאין מסורין לביאה, and רב's lessons from the משנה of the five women, especially about betrothing with a stolen item.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a ברייתא about two brothers who betrothed two sisters without knowing which was whose. The גמרא adds that חליצה must come before יבום. Then a ברייתא from טביומי, 'one of your daughters is betrothed to one of my sons,' shows that a betrothal which can never lead to living together is still valid. That refutes רבא, and the גמרא rules like אביי in six cases, remembered by the sign יע"ל קג"ם. Next, רב draws lessons from the משנה of the five women. A man may betroth with שביעית fruit, but not with a stolen item, even one stolen from her. A woman can also act as an agent for her future צרה. רב was unsure of a fourth lesson because it depends on the dispute between אביי and רבא. רבי יוחנן is pleased that רב agrees with him that a stolen item is not the robber's. Finally, a ברייתא saying stolen money works for קידושין is explained as being only about a coin grabbed from the woman herself.

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The steps (21)

1. StatementEnd of the brothers-and-sisters case: who does חליצה and who may do יבום
2. StatementThe order matters: חליצה must come before יבום
3. Challengeטביומי's ברייתא: five sons, five daughters, and an unclear betrothal
4. RejectionThe usual defense doesn't fit this case
5. Conclusionרבא is refuted
6. ConclusionThe six cases where the הלכה follows אביי
7. Statementרב says the משנה teaches four lessons
8. StatementSabbatical produce works for betrothal, but stolen property does not
9. ProofProving both lessons from the משנה's wording
10. StatementA woman can be an agent for another woman, even as her rival wife
11. QuestionWhat is the fourth lesson?
12. ResponseThe fourth lesson is betrothal that cannot lead to living together
13. ChallengeThen why didn't רב count it?
14. Resolutionרב was unsure whether the משנה follows אביי or רבא
15. Statementרבי יוחנן hears רב's teaching
16. Challengeרבי יוחנן holds the same idea himself
17. Resolutionרבי יוחנן was pleased, not objecting
18. ChallengeA ברייתא says קידושין with a stolen item works
19. ResolutionThe ברייתא means an item stolen from her
20. ChallengeThe last case already covers her own item
21. ResolutionThe last case only explains the first