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The Talmud explains: There, the Mishnah teaches us this, that the way an etrog grows is like a vegetable: Just as it is the way of a vegetable to grow by being watered by all water, i.e., in addition to rainwater it requires irrigation, and its tithing is according to when it is harvested, i.e.,
The Talmud further asks: But concerning that which we learned in a Mishnah (Bikkurim 2:8): With regard to a koy, an animal whose classification was uncertain, as the rabbis were unsure whether it is a domesticated or a wild animal, there are ways, i.e., halakhot, in which its halakhot correspond t
Rather, the Talmud rejects the previous explanations, as the phraseology is not dependent on the nature of the topic at hand. Instead, anywhere that there is a distinction with regard to an issue the Mishnah teaches the term: Ways, as there are different ways or possibilities available. And anywhe
§ The Talmud continues to analyze the language of the Mishnah: With regard to the number in the first clause of the Mishnah, i.e., a woman is acquired in 3 ways, this serves to exclude what? The fact that the Mishnah mentions a number indicates that other modes of acquisition do not apply to betrot
The Talmud explains: The number in the first clause serves to exclude a wedding canopy, which does not effect betrothal. The Talmud asks: And according to the opinion of Rav Huna, who said: A wedding canopy acquires a woman, and it alone could be a mode of betrothal, as derived by an a fortiori in