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'''Masechet Ketubot''' has 13 chapters and 111 pages. This tractate deals with marriage laws, the ketubah (marriage contract), and its collection. This tractate is one of the Gemara tractates studied in Chabad yeshivas. | '''Masechet Ketubot''' has 13 chapters and 111 pages. This tractate deals with marriage laws, the ketubah (marriage contract), and its collection. This tractate is one of the Gemara tractates studied in Chabad yeshivas. | ||
== Selected Topics == | == Selected Topics == | ||
=== Unmarried Woman Who Says "I Was Intimate With a Kosher Man" === | |||
On page 15 of the tractate, there is a dispute between Rabban Gamliel and other Tannaim regarding whether a woman is believed when she says, "I was intimate with a kosher man," and according to Rabbi Gamliel, she is believed. The commentators have struggled with the reason for this credibility. Some say it is because a definitive claim is stronger in a place of doubt, while others say it is based on the principle that a single witness is believed in matters of prohibition. | On page 15 of the tractate, there is a dispute between Rabban Gamliel and other Tannaim regarding whether a woman is believed when she says, "I was intimate with a kosher man," and according to Rabbi Gamliel, she is believed. The commentators have struggled with the reason for this credibility. Some say it is because a definitive claim is stronger in a place of doubt, while others say it is based on the principle that a single witness is believed in matters of prohibition. | ||
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The Tzemach Tzedek resolves that according to the opinion of those Rishonim, a majority based on will and a majority of invalid men is not considered a majority at all, since this majority depends on action (meaning it is not a fixed reality in the world but a reality that is renewed through choice), and therefore in such a case there is no majority at all contradicting the presumption of the woman's credibility. | The Tzemach Tzedek resolves that according to the opinion of those Rishonim, a majority based on will and a majority of invalid men is not considered a majority at all, since this majority depends on action (meaning it is not a fixed reality in the world but a reality that is renewed through choice), and therefore in such a case there is no majority at all contradicting the presumption of the woman's credibility. | ||
=== Laws of Charity === | |||
Several laws of charity are discussed in the tractate. In the Jerusalem Talmud 6:5, there is a dispute whether the treasurer needs to borrow money to give to a poor person when there is no money in the charity fund. The Rebbe says in the name of Rabbi Yosef Rozin of Rogatchov that the reason of the one who holds that one does not need to borrow money for this purpose is because he holds that it is improper, since in a case where the mitzvah has already been fulfilled before giving the charity, such as in this case where at the time of giving the charity from the giver's perspective the poor person has already received his money, in such a case the mitzvah is not fulfilled, according to the established law "One who says he will bring a sacrifice at a certain time, if he brought it before that time, he has not fulfilled his obligation." | Several laws of charity are discussed in the tractate. In the Jerusalem Talmud 6:5, there is a dispute whether the treasurer needs to borrow money to give to a poor person when there is no money in the charity fund. The Rebbe says in the name of Rabbi Yosef Rozin of Rogatchov that the reason of the one who holds that one does not need to borrow money for this purpose is because he holds that it is improper, since in a case where the mitzvah has already been fulfilled before giving the charity, such as in this case where at the time of giving the charity from the giver's perspective the poor person has already received his money, in such a case the mitzvah is not fulfilled, according to the established law "One who says he will bring a sacrifice at a certain time, if he brought it before that time, he has not fulfilled his obligation." | ||
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