[Daf 3] Ein o'ness be'gittin, ye'hareg ve'al ya'avor

Question 1

How does the Ritva explain EIN o’ness be’gittin?

Answer 1

Based on tenai and devarim shebilibo u’velev kol adam

Ketuobot 3a

Question 2

How does Rashi explain EIN o’ness be’gittin?

Answer 2

He is mekadesh on the da’at of the chachamim that the kiddushin are kayamim/beteilim through them

Ketubot 3a

Question 3

How do the Rabosei Rashi explain EIN o’ness begittin?

Answer 3

Kessef is de’Rabanan; they made every kiddushei biah into znut

Ketubot 3a

Question 4

When the Rambam says that kiddushei kessef is “midivrei sofrim” he means that it’s…

Give 3 answers

Answer 4

• Ra’avad: de’Rabanan
• Maggid Mishne: Min Ha’Torah, revealed to us through the Rabbis (this is how to understand Midivrei Sofrim)
• R’ Kapach: Rambam corrected the girsa … kessef is also Min Ha’Torah (ושלשתן דבר תורה)

Hilchot Ishut 1:2

Question 5

Rashi/Ramban’s explanation of Afkeinhu affects the act of kiddushin itself, whereas Tenai is …

Per Chiddushei Reb Nochum

Answer 5

“Milta achriti”

(So not fulfilling tenai for eg kiddusei biah does NOT make it znut)

Chiddushei Reb Nochum Gittin siman 34

Question 6

When do we say that a marriage can take place on ANY day (not just Wednesday)?

2 parts

Answer 6

• At a time period when the Beit Din sits on any day equally (like before the takanat Ezra)
• AND, husband has prepared for the seuda

R’ Shmuel bar Yitzchak

Ketubot 3a

Question 7

What is the sakanah that allows the wedding to be moved from Wednesday to Tuesday?

2 parts

Answer 7

• Hegmon - biah rishona
• Tzu’ot would give up their lives

Ketubot 3b

Question 8

Why did Chazal not cancel the takana of Wednesday wedding, given the sakanah of the hegmon?

Answer 8

שְׁמָדָא עֲבִידָא דְּבָטְלָא, וְתַקַּנְתָּא דְרַבָּנַן מִקַּמֵּי שְׁמָדָא לָא עָקְרִינַן

Ketubot 3b

Question 9

What is the “o’ness” which allows the wedding to move from Wednesday to Monday? First answer of Gemara

3 parts

Answer 9

• Sar Tzava comes to the city
• Entourage arrives a day earlier
• They will grab the seuda (Rashi)

Ketubot 3b

Question 10

What is the meaning of “ve’lidrosh lehu de’oness shari” - said to the tznu’ot who would give up their lives, to not go to the hegmon? Acc. to Rashi

Answer 10

They are not assur to their husbands

Ketubot 3b

Question 11

Is it muttar to give up one’s life to observe a mitzvah, where not rquired to (i.e. no Yehareg ve’al ya’avor)?

2 answers

Answer 11

• Yes, one can (Tos. Ketubot 33b, inference from Rashi 3b)
• No, one cannot (Rambam YHT 5:1)

Ketubot 3b

Question 12

Why is there no ye’hareg ve’al ya’avor for the woman to go to the hegmon first?

2 answers from Tosefos

Answer 12

• Rabbeinu Tam: Bias akum
• Rivam: karka olam

Ketubot 3b

Question 13

In what scenarios do all mitzvot become ye’hareg ve’al ya’avor?

Mentioned by Rambam

Answer 13

• Sha’at ha’shmad
• Parhesya + la’avor al dat

Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah, Chapter 5