Kiddushin 62a

קידושין ס״ב ע״א

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Topic

תנאי כפול in the פסוקים of סוטה and sprinkling; the משנה on mistaken or future קידושין; and רבי יוחנן's rule that what is in a person's power counts as done.

Overview

The גמרא first explains the strange phrase 'you shall eat the sword' (ישעיהו 1:20). רבא says it means harsh, unhealthy food. Next it tests the סוטה פסוק against the two opinions about תנאי כפול. רבי תנחום shows that the short spelling of הנקי also hints at חנקי, which gives רבי מאיר his second side. It also teaches רבי חנינא בן גמליאל that the punishment is severe. The גמרא then looks at the פסוקים about sprinkling for purity from a dead body and shows that each repeated phrase teaches its own law. A new משנה follows. A man's wrong assumption about a woman's family or wealth does not cancel קידושין. קידושין set to begin 'after' a change he cannot make happen now do not work, and an unborn girl can be betrothed only once the pregnancy is noticeable. In the גמרא, רבי יוחנן rules that anything in a person's power counts as already done. רב אסי challenges this from the convert case, and the גמרא answers that converting is not fully in the man's power. The reason, a teaching of רבי יוחנן, comes on the next amud.

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The steps (22)

1. QuestionHow can someone eat a sword?
2. Responseרבא: harsh foods that hurt like a sword
3. ProofSupport: these foods harm the body like swords
4. ChallengeThe סוטה verse seems to leave out רבי מאיר's second half
5. Resolutionרבי תנחום: the spelling hints at 'choked'
6. ChallengeThen why does רבי חנינא בן גמליאל need the hint?
7. ResolutionThe hint teaches that the guilty side is punished severely
8. ChallengeNew challenge: the doubled verse about purification
9. ResolutionBoth sprinkling days are required, not just one
10. ChallengeWhy does the Torah repeat the sprinkling days?
11. ResolutionThe days are fixed, even if you add days in between
12. ChallengeWhy does the Torah add 'he shall purify him on the seventh day'?
13. ResolutionTwo sprinklings are needed even for תרומה
14. StatementMistaken about her family or wealth, she is still betrothed
15. StatementBetrothal that depends on a future change fails
16. StatementBetrothing an unborn daughter
17. StatementNo תרומה from detached produce for attached produce
18. QuestionWhat if the תרומה is set to take effect once the produce is picked
19. ResponseAnything in a person's power counts as already done
20. Challengeרב אסי quotes the משנה about 'after I convert' as a challenge
21. ChallengeConverting is in his own hands, so why doesn't it work?
22. ResolutionConverting is not really in his own hands