The Value of a Debt: Analyses of Talmud Tractate Kiddushin
What is the real value of a promissory note? What happens if one hands over an IOU in order to effect a kiddushin (betrothal) transaction? Is the transfer of a debt equivalent to the transfer of funds for this purpose? What about for a pidyon haben (redeeming the firstborn)?
| Topics: | Kiddushin, Kiddushin |
Rabbi Yaakov Wagner teaches chassidus and gemara at Yeshivas Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, New Jersey. He studied at Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Shmaryahu, Toronto; Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalyim; Lubavitch Yeshiva, Toronto; Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles, California and received Rabbinical Ordination at Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim, Brooklyn, NY.
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