Study Kiddushin folio 28B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
once one party in the transaction acquires the item he is receiving, this party is obligated with regard to the item being exchanged for it. The novelty of the Mishnah is that all items, not only vessels, can be used to perform the act of acquisition of exchange. Therefore, one should not infer tha
The Talmud asks: And with regard to what entered our minds initially, that a coin effects symbolic exchange, what is the meaning of the clause: How so, if one exchanged an ox for a cow, once this party acquires the animal that he is receiving, this party is obligated with regard to the item being e
The Talmud asks: This works out well according to the opinion of Rav Sheshet, who says: Produce effects exchange, i.e., the mode of acquisition of exchange applies not only to vessels but also to produce and animals. But according to the opinion of Rav Naḥman, who says: Produce does not effect exch
The Talmud answers: According to this opinion, the Mishnah is dealing with money alone, and this is what the Mishnah is saying: There is a transaction involving money that is like an exchange. How so? If one exchanged the monetary value of an ox for a cow, or the monetary value of a donkey for an o
What is the reason for this ruling in light of the halakha that one cannot acquire movable property by means of money alone? The Talmud explains that Rav Naḥman holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, who said: By Torah law money effects acquisition, i.e., when one pays money he acquire