Talmud Illuminated

A woman can be betrothed by having relations with her, and there are two different ways to derive this, one from the words, " Woman who...

To become betrothed (which is considered like complete marriage, except that a chuppah is needed before the couple begins to live together),...

Earlier, we saw  one way to derive that marriage can be effected by giving the bride-to-be a ring or another object of value. However, it ...

It is the way of a man to search after a wife and not the other way around. This is similar to someone who lost a precious stone on a beach....

A wife can be acquired in one of three ways, and she acquires herself back in one of two ways. She may be acquired through money, a docume...

Some say that the Torah was written and given to Jews scroll by scroll and later glued together. The proof comes from the words of David, ...

Young orphans may be hard-pressed to find sustenance. They may try to sell some of their land. But since all know that these children are ...