May 092016
 

Study Guide Kiddushin 59

One asks a friend to betroth a woman and the friend betroths the woman for himself.  Even though he acted inappropriately, the betrothal is valid.  If one betroths a woman upon condition that the betrothal will be valid in 30 days and before that period elapses, someone else betroths her, the betrothal is valid.  The gemara discusses whether or not the woman can change her mind within the 30 day period.  It is the basis for a debate between Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish about whether one’s word can be cancelled by a new statement or if one already said something, it can’t be cancelled by just speech.  Two versions of Reish Lakish are brought – in one version he thinks words can cancel words but not words with a prartial (even though incomplete) act.  In the other, he thinks that words cannot cancel words.

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