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Alternatively, it can be proven that purchasing a field with money is called an acquisition from the verse: “They shall acquire fields with money” (Jeremiah 32:44). Consequently, as the tanna wanted to teach that a woman can be betrothed with money, he taught: A woman is acquired. This explains wh
The Talmud asks: But let the Mishnah teach there, in the next chapter: A man acquires. The Talmud explains: Initially, the Mishnah taught using the language of the Torah, in which betrothal is called taking. And ultimately, in the next chapter, it taught using the language of the rabbis. And wh
The Talmud asks another question with regard to the difference in wording between the two mishnayot: And let it teach here, as in the following chapter: A man acquires. Why does this Mishnah teach: The woman is acquired, with the woman as the subject of the sentence? The Talmud answers: This is be
The Talmud further asks: But if this is the reason, the Mishnah could have been formulated entirely differently. Let it teach: The man can acquire a woman and transfer authority, i.e., grant her the release from marriage in the form of a bill of divorce. The Talmud answers: The Mishnah could not use
And if you wish, say instead another explanation. If the Mishnah had taught: The man acquires the woman, I would say that he can acquire her even against her will, as indicated by the expression: He acquires. One might have assumed that the betrothal depends on the husband, without the need for th