Ketubot 46A

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Rav Pappa said: What of the statement that is taught there, in the baraita, that it is only if he had sex with her that he is flogged? It is referring to the money of the fine. The Talmud asks: And does one call monetary payment flogging? The Talmud answers: Yes, and we learned in a baraita: One

The Talmud clarifies: What is the reason of R' Yosei, son of R' Yehuda? It is a rabbinic decree in the case of one who vows to donate half of his valuation, due to a case where one vowed the valuation of half of himself. And one who vows to donate the valuation of half of himself has effectively vow

§ The Talmud continues to discuss the halakhot of the defamer. A baraita states the following baraita, based upon the following verses: “And the Elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him. And they shall fine him 100 shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young woman” (De

The Talmud asks: Granted, with regard to the phrase “and they fine [ve’anshu] him,” although the word ve’anshu can refer to any punishment, in this case it is referring to money, as it is written: And they shall fine him 100 shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young woman. Howeve

R' Abbahu said: We learned the meaning of the word chastise in the case of a defamer by verbal analogy from the word chastise stated in the verse “if a man have a stubborn and rebellious son [ben], that will not listen to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chastise h