## Kiddushin Daf 9a

###### Kiddushin 9a:1
[Kiddushin 9a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:1)

חוּמְרֵי פְּתַכְיָיתָא. אֲתַאי הָהִיא אִיתְּתָא, אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״הַב לִי חַד שׂוֹכָא״. אֲמַר לַהּ: ״אִי יָהֲבִינָא לִיךְ מִיקַּדְּשַׁתְּ לִי״? אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״הַבָה מֵיהֲבָה״. אָמַר רַב חָמָא: כֹּל ״הַבָה מֵיהֲבָה״ לָאו כְּלוּם הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**beads [*ḥumrei*] of glass [*petakhyata*]. A certain woman came** and **said to him: Give me one string. He said to her: If I give you** this string **will you be betrothed to me** with it? **She said to him: Give, give. Rav Ḥama said: Any** use of the expression: **Give, give, is nothing.** Although she said: Give, give, she did not agree to the condition, as she was mocking him and had no intention of actually becoming betrothed.


###### Kiddushin 9a:2
[Kiddushin 9a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:2)

הָהוּא גַּבְרָא דַּהֲוָה קָא שָׁתֵי חַמְרָא בְּחָנוּתָא. אֲתַאי הָהִיא אִיתְּתָא, אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״הַב לִי חַד כָּסָא״. אֲמַר לַהּ: ״אִי יָהֵיבְנָא לִיךְ מִיקַּדְּשַׁתְּ לִי״? אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״אַשְׁקוֹיֵי אַשְׁקְיַין״. אָמַר רַב חָמָא: כֹּל ״אַשְׁקוֹיֵי אַשְׁקְיַין״ לָאו כְּלוּם הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates a similar incident: There was **a certain man who was drinking wine in a store. A woman came** in and **said to him: Give me one cup** of wine. **He said to her: If I give you** a cup of wine will **you be betrothed to me** with it? **She said to him: Give to drink, give** it **to me to drink. Rav Ḥama said** that **any** use of the expression: **Give to drink, give** it **to me to drink, is nothing,** i.e., she certainly did not intend to accept the condition and she is not betrothed.


###### Kiddushin 9a:3
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הָהוּא גַּבְרָא דַּהֲוָה קָא שָׁדֵי תַּמְרֵי מִדִּקְלָא. אֲתַאי הָהִיא אִיתְּתָא, אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״שְׁדִי לִי תַּרְתֵּי״! אֲמַר לַהּ: ״אִי שָׁדֵינָא לִיךְ מִיקַּדְּשַׁתְּ לִי״? אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: ״שְׁדִי מִישְׁדָּא״. אָמַר רַב זְבִיד: כֹּל ״שְׁדִי מִישְׁדָּא״ לָאו כְּלוּם הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara further relates: There was **a certain man who was picking dates from a date tree. A certain woman came** and **said to him: Throw me two. He said to her: If I throw** two dates **to you** will **you be betrothed to me** with them? **She said to him: Throw, throw. Rav Zevid said: Any use** of the expression: **Throw, throw, is nothing,** and she is not betrothed.


###### Kiddushin 9a:4
[Kiddushin 9a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:4)

אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: ״הַב״, ״אַשְׁקִי״, ״וּשְׁדִי״, מַהוּ? – אָמַר רָבִינָא: מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת. רַב סַמָּא בַּר רַקְתָּא אָמַר: תָּגָא דְמַלְכָּא! אֵינָהּ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת. וְהִלְכְתָא: אֵינָהּ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If she said: **Give,** or: **Give to drink,** or: **Throw,** without the additional emphasis of the repetition, **what is** the *halakha*? Does this straightforward statement indicate that she actually meant him to give it to her in accordance with his stated condition, or does she not agree to betrothal even here? **Ravina said: She is betrothed. Rav Sama bar Rakta said** in the form of an oath: **By the king’s crown! She is not betrothed.** The Gemara states: **And the *halakha*** is that **she is not betrothed.**


###### Kiddushin 9a:5
[Kiddushin 9a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:5)

וְהִלְכְתָא: שִׁירָאֵי לָא צְרִיכִי שׁוּמָא. וְהִלְכְתָא כְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, וְהִלְכְתָא כְּרָבָא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara issues further rulings concerning the previous cases. **And the *halakha*** is: With regard to **silk** garments that are worth more than one *peruta*, **appraisal** is **not necessary** before a woman can be betrothed with them. **And the *halakha*** is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Elazar,** that if a man promised a woman one hundred dinars as betrothal money and gave her only a dinar, she is betrothed. **And the *halakha*** is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rava,** who said that **Rav Naḥman said** that if he promised one hundred dinars and gave her only collateral, this is not a valid betrothal.


###### Kiddushin 9a:6
[Kiddushin 9a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:6)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בִּשְׁטָר כֵּיצַד? כָּתַב לוֹ עַל הַנְּיָיר אוֹ עַל הַחֶרֶס, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ שָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה, ״בִּתְּךָ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת לִי״, ״בִּתְּךָ מְאוֹרֶסֶת לִי״, ״בִּתְּךָ לִי לְאִינְתּוּ״ – הֲרֵי זוֹ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught: How is** betrothal performed **with a document?** If he **wrote** the following **for** a young woman’s father **on paper or earthenware, despite** the fact **that** the paper or earthenware **is not worth one *peruta*: Your daughter is betrothed [*mekuddeshet*] to me,** or: **Your daughter is betrothed [*me’oreset*] to me,** or: **Your daughter is to me as a wife,** then **she is betrothed.** There is no requirement for the paper or earthenware to be worth one *peruta*, as she is not betrothed through the value of the paper or earthenware.


###### Kiddushin 9a:7
[Kiddushin 9a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:7)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבִּי זֵירָא בַּר מֶמֶל: הָא לָא דָּמֵי הַאי שְׁטָרָא לִשְׁטַר זְבִינֵי! הָתָם, מוֹכֵר כּוֹתֵב לוֹ ״שָׂדִי מְכוּרָה לָךְ״, הָכָא בַּעַל כּוֹתֵב ״בִּתְּךָ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת לִי״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Zeira bar Memel objects to this** description of the writing of the document: **But this document is not comparable to a bill of sale. There,** in the case of a bill of sale, the **seller** is the one who **writes to** the buyer: **My field is sold to you. Here,** the **husband,** who is akin to a buyer, is the one who **writes: Your daughter is betrothed to me.**


###### Kiddushin 9a:8
[Kiddushin 9a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:8)

אָמַר רָבָא: הָתָם מֵעִנְיָינָא דִּקְרָא וְהָכָא מֵעִנְיָינָא דִּקְרָא. הָתָם כְּתִיב ״וּמָכַר מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ״ – בְּמוֹכֵר תְּלָה רַחֲמָנָא, הָכָא כְּתִיב ״כִּי יִקַּח״ – בְּבַעַל תְּלָה רַחֲמָנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: There,** in the case of a sale, the formulation of the document is taken **from the context of the verse, and here,** in the case of betrothal, the formulation of the document is likewise taken **from the context of the verse.** Rava elaborates: **There,** with regard to a sale, **it is written: “And sells of his ancestral land”** (Leviticus 25:25), which indicates that **the Merciful One renders** the transaction **dependent on the seller. Here, it is written: “If** a man **takes** a woman” (Deuteronomy 22:13), meaning that **the Merciful One renders** the betrothal **dependent on the husband.**


###### Kiddushin 9a:9
[Kiddushin 9a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:9)

הָתָם נָמֵי כְּתִיב ״שָׂדוֹת בַּכֶּסֶף יִקְנוּ״! קְרִי בֵּיהּ ״יַקְנוּ״. מַאי טַעְמָא קָרֵית בֵּיהּ ״יַקְנוּ״ – מִשּׁוּם דִּכְתִיב ״וּמָכַר״, הָכִי נָמֵי קְרִי בֵּיהּ ״כִּי יַקַּח״, דִּכְתִיב ״אֶת בִּתִּי נָתַתִּי לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **There,** in the case of a sale, **it is also written: “Men shall buy [*yiknu*] fields for money”** (Jeremiah 32:44), which indicates that the matter depends upon the buyer. The Gemara answers: **Read into** the verse: Shall sell **[*yikkanu*].** The Gemara asks: **What is the reason** that **you read it** as ***yikkanu*; because it is written** in the verse in Leviticus: **“And sells,”** and there is a preference to have the verse from the Prophets accord with that of the Torah? **So too,** instead of: “If a man takes [*ki yikaḥ*]” (Deuteronomy 22:13), **read into** the verse: When he is given **[*ki yakiaḥ*], as it is written: “I gave my daughter to this man”** (Deuteronomy 22:16), so that the verses will accord with each other.


###### Kiddushin 9a:10
[Kiddushin 9a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:10)

אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: הִלְכְתָא נִינְהוּ וְאַסְמְכִינְהוּ רַבָּנַן אַקְּרָאֵי. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: הָתָם נָמֵי כְּתִיב ״וָאֶקַּח אֶת סֵפֶר הַמִּקְנָה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava said:** There is no proof from the verses for these rulings, as **they are a *halakha*** received through tradition, **and the Sages based them on** the **verses. And if you wish, say: There too,** in the case in Jeremiah, **it is written** with regard to the buyer: **“And I took the deed of purchase”** (Jeremiah 32:11), thereby indicating that it is the seller who writes the document.


###### Kiddushin 9a:11
[Kiddushin 9a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:11)

וְאָמַר רָבָא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: כָּתַב לוֹ עַל הַנְּיָיר אוֹ עַל הַחֶרֶס, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ שָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה, ״בִּתְּךָ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת לִי״, ״בִּתְּךָ מְאוֹרֶסֶת לִי״, ״בִּתְּךָ לִי לְאִינְתּוּ״, בֵּין עַל יְדֵי אָבִיהָ בֵּין עַל יְדֵי עַצְמָהּ – מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת מִדַּעְתּוֹ, וְהוּא שֶׁלֹּא בָּגְרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rava says** that **Rav Naḥman says:** If he **wrote** the following **for him on paper or earthenware, despite** the fact **that** the paper or earthenware **is not worth one *peruta*: Your daughter is betrothed [*mekuddeshet*] to me,** or: **Your daughter is betrothed [*me’oreset*] to me,** or: **Your daughter is to me as a wife, whether** he gave it **to her father or whether** he gave it directly **to her, she is betrothed with the consent** of her father. **And this** is the *halakha* provided **that she has not** yet **reached her majority,** before which her father alone has the authority to betroth her.


###### Kiddushin 9a:12
[Kiddushin 9a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:12)

כָּתַב לָהּ עַל הַנְּיָיר אוֹ עַל הַחֶרֶס, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ שָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה, ״הֲרֵי אַתְּ מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת לִי״, ״הֲרֵי אַתְּ לִי לְאִינְתּוּ״, ״הֲרֵי אַתְּ מְאוֹרֶסֶת לִי״ – מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת, בֵּין עַל יְדֵי אָבִיהָ, בֵּין עַל יְדֵי עַצְמָהּ, מִדַּעְתָּהּ, וְהוּא שֶׁבָּגְרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If he wrote for her on paper or earthenware, despite** the fact **that** the paper or earthenware **is not worth one *peruta*: You are hereby betrothed [*mekuddeshet*] to me,** or: **You are hereby to me as a wife,** or: **You are hereby betrothed [*me’oreset*] to me,** then **she is betrothed whether** he gave it **to her father** or **to her,** as long as this was **with her consent. And this is** the *halakha* provided **that she has reached her majority** and is under her own authority.


###### Kiddushin 9a:13
[Kiddushin 9a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Kiddushin/r/9a:13)

בָּעֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ: שְׁטַר אֵירוּסִין שֶׁכְּתָבוֹ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמָהּ, מַהוּ? הֲוָיוֹת לִיצִיאוֹת מַקְּשִׁינַן, מָה

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish raises a dilemma:** With regard to **a document of betrothal that was written not for her sake,** i.e., not for this particular woman, **what is** the *halakha*? Do **we juxtapose** the *halakhot* of the **modes of becoming** betrothed **to** the *halakhot* of the **modes of leaving** a marriage, i.e., divorce? If so, one should say: **Just as**