Kiddushin (Talmud)

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Kiddushin
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Tractate of the Talmud
Seder: Nashim
Number of Mishnahs: 46
Chapters: 4
Babylonian Talmud pages: 82
Jerusalem Talmud pages: 48
Tosefta chapters: 5
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Kiddushin (Hebrew: קִידּוּשִׁין‎) is a masekhet or tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic engagement and marriage.

In Jewish law, an engagement (kiddushin) is a contract between a man and a woman where they mutually promise to marry each other, and the terms on which it shall take place.[1] The promise may be made by the intending parties or by their respective parents or other relatives on their behalf.[2]

Structure

Kiddushin consists of 4 chapters. It has 46 mishnahs and 82 pages gemara. It is included in both Talmuds.[3]

According to Sherira Gaon in his letter, the first sugya (topic) in the Babylonian Talmud of Kiddushin is a Saboraic or Geonic addition and was not written by Amoraim like the rest of the Talmud.[4] The sugya focuses on stylistic and grammatical issues that bear no halachic or aggadic implications.[5] Nevertheless, Yitzchok Zilberstein ruled that one cannot make a siyum if he has not learned the opening sugya.[6]

Chapter headings

  1. Haisha Nikneis (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית‎)
  2. Haish Mekadeish (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />ׁהָאִישׁ מְקַדֵּש‎)
  3. Haomer (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ‎)
  4. Asara Yuchasin (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />עֲשָׂרָה יוּחֲסִין‎)

References

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  1. The Principles of Jewish Law, Ed Menachem Elon, ISBN 0-7065-1415-7, p. 353.
  2. (Kiddushin 9b)
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  6. חשוקי חמד, Kiddushin. p. 50 (in Hebrew).