## Kiddushin Daf 2a

###### Kiddushin 2a:1
[Kiddushin 2a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/2a:1)

**הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית** בְּשָׁלֹשׁ דְּרָכִים, וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בִּשְׁתֵּי דְרָכִים. נִקְנֵית בְּכֶסֶף, בִּשְׁטָר, וּבְבִיאָה. בְּכֶסֶף: בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים בְּדִינָר וּבְשָׁוֶה דִּינָר, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: בִּפְרוּטָה וּבְשָׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה. וְכַמָּה הִיא פְּרוּטָה – אֶחָד מִשְּׁמֹנָה בָּאִיסָּר הָאִיטַלְקִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **A woman is acquired** by, i.e., becomes betrothed to, a man to be his wife **in three ways, and she acquires herself,** i.e., she terminates her marriage, **in two ways.** The mishna elaborates: **She is acquired through money, through a document, and through sexual intercourse.** With regard to a betrothal **through money,** there is a dispute between *tanna’im*: **Beit Shammai say** that she can be acquired **with one dinar or with** anything that is **worth one dinar. And Beit Hillel say:** She can be acquired **with one *peruta*,** a small copper coin, **or with** anything that is **worth one *peruta*.** The mishna further clarifies: **And how much is** the value of **one *peruta*,** by the fixed value of silver? The mishna explains that it is **one-eighth of the Italian *issar*,** which is a small silver coin.


###### Kiddushin 2a:2
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וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בְּגֵט וּבְמִיתַת הַבַּעַל. הַיְּבָמָה נִקְנֵית בְּבִיאָה, וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בַּחֲלִיצָה וּבְמִיתַת הַיָּבָם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** a woman **acquires herself through a bill of divorce or through the death of the husband. A woman whose husband, who had a brother, died childless [*yevama***], can be **acquired** by the deceased husband’s brother, the *yavam*, only **through intercourse. And she acquires herself,** i.e., she is released from her levirate bond, **through *ḥalitza* or through the death of the *yavam*.**


###### Kiddushin 2a:3
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**גְּמָ׳** הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית. מַאי שְׁנָא הָכָא דְּתָנֵי ״הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית״, וּמַאי שְׁנָא הָתָם דְּתָנֵי ״הָאִישׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ״? מִשּׁוּם דְּקָא בָּעֵי לְמִיתְנֵי כֶּסֶף,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna teaches that **a woman** can be **acquired** in three ways. The Gemara asks: **What is different here that** this mishna **teaches: A woman is acquired,** using the language of acquisition, **and what is different there,** in the beginning of the next chapter (42a), **which teaches: A man betroths,** using the language of betrothal? The Gemara explains: In this mishna the *tanna* utilized the language of acquisition **because he wanted to teach** about betrothal through **money,** which is the standard means of exchange in an act of acquisition.


###### Kiddushin 2a:4
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וְכֶסֶף מְנָא לַן – גָּמַר ״קִיחָה״ ״קִיחָה״ מִשְּׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן. כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״כִּי יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״נָתַתִּי כֶּסֶף הַשָּׂדֶה קַח מִמֶּנִּי״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues its explanation: **And from where do we** derive that betrothal is accomplished by means of giving **money?** It is **derived** by means of a verbal analogy between the term expressing **taking** stated with regard to betrothal and **from** the term expressing **taking** with regard to **the field of Ephron.** How so? **It is written here,** with regard to marriage: **“When a man takes a woman”** (Deuteronomy 24:1), **and it is written there,** concerning Abraham’s purchase of the field of the Cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite: **“I will give money for the field; take it from me”** (Genesis 23:13). This verbal analogy teaches that just as Ephron’s field was acquired with money, so too, a woman can be acquired with money.


###### Kiddushin 2a:5
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וְקִיחָה אִיקְּרִי ״קִנְיָן״, דִּכְתִיב: ״הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues: **And** the **taking** of Ephron’s field **is called an acquisition** in the Torah, **as it is written** with regard to the same issue: **“The field which Abraham acquired”** (Genesis 25:10).