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Mishnah: A woman is acquired by, i.e., becomes betrothed to, a man to be his wife in 3 ways, and she acquires herself, i.e., she terminates her marriage, in two ways. The Mishnah elaborates: She is acquired through money, through a document, and through sex. With regard to a betrothal through mo
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 sex. And she acquires herself, i.e., she is released from her lev
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that a woman can be acquired in 3 ways. The Talmud asks: What is different here that this Mishnah 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, u
The Talmud 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 Ep
The Talmud 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).