One of the most intriguing forms of kinyan is known as kinyan chatzer, in which one acquires an item when it is placed on his property. Obviously, in the case of kinyan chatzer, the chatzer itself is not acquiring ownership, but is rather affecting a transition of ownership to the owner of the chatzer. One possibility is that it operates through yad. In this shiur, we will explore what this means.
The Talmudic view that a get which prohibits the woman from marrying certain men is valid opens some intriguing possibilities in our understanding of geirushin
The gemara in Gittin (60b) cites a contradiction between two halves of one verse. God tells Moshe: "'Transcribe for yourself these matters, for "by the mouth" of these matters I have signed with you a covenant and with Yisra'el'" (Shemot 34:27).
In this shiur, we continue our discussion of the inability to articulate a shevu'a that contradicts a mitzva. We will connect this rule to the principle of "matneh al mah she-katuv ba-Torah."
