Kiddushin 79 - October 31, 16 Cheshvan

Study Guide Kiddushin 79

Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom Family. "With overwhelming joy and בחסדי ה', we learn today's daf in honor of the release of Ori Megidish by the IDF and the Shab"ak forces and with a Tefilla that all the hostages will be released quickly."

There is a debate between Rav and Shmuel regarding a case where a father betrothed a daughter on the same day that the daughter betrothed herself and then it became clear after that the daughter had reached the stage of maturity, which is a stage where the father can no longer betroth her. Rav says we assume she was already mature when the betrothal of the father took place and therefore she is only betrothed from her own betrothal. Shmuel holds that she is betrothed to both because we don't know what her status was at the time of the betrothal. Two other cases are brought to question Shmuel's ruling - one, a mikveh that was found to have less than the minimum amount, and another where wine that was used to separate trumot and maasrot turned to vinegar. The Gemara then explains why those cases are different. Two different tannaitic debates seem to match up to Rav and Shmuel's debate. However, they prove that this is not the case as in one, the circumstances are different as there is a clear chazaka, and in the other, there is no debate - each braita is regarding a different situation.