Mishnah.org Logo

Today's Mishnah Yomi

Kesuvos 2:5 - 2:6

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, January 3, 2024 is Kesuvos 2:5 - 2:6

＜ Previous DayTodayNext Day ＞

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Kesuvos Perek 2 Mishnah 5

כתובות פרק ב׳ משנה ה׳

5
With regard to a woman who said: I was a married woman and now I am a divorcée, she is deemed credible and permitted to remarry, as the mouth that prohibited and established that she was married is the mouth that permitted, and established that she is divorced. However, if there are witnesses that she was a married woman, and she says: I am a divorcée, she is not deemed credible. Similarly, with regard to a woman who said: I was taken captive but I am pure, as I was not raped in captivity, she is deemed credible and permitted to marry a priest, as the mouth that prohibited and established that she was taken captive is the mouth that permitted and established that she was not defiled. But if there are witnesses that she was taken captive, and she says: I am pure, she is not deemed credible. And if witnesses came after she married, this woman need not leave her husband.
הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ הָיִיתִי וּגְרוּשָׁה אָנִי, נֶאֱמֶנֶת, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. וְאִם יֵשׁ עֵדִים שֶׁהָיְתָה אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת גְּרוּשָׁה אָנִי, אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת. אָמְרָה נִשְׁבֵּיתִי וּטְהוֹרָה אָנִי, נֶאֱמֶנֶת, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. וְאִם יֵשׁ עֵדִים שֶׁנִּשְׁבֵּית וְהִיא אוֹמֶרֶת טְהוֹרָה אָנִי, אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת. וְאִם מִשֶּׁנִּשֵּׂאת בָּאוּ עֵדִים, הֲרֵי זוֹ לֹא תֵצֵא:
ה׳

אם שנשאת – she did not actually get married, but rather, when they permitted her to get married, witnesses came that she had been taken captive,

she should not go forth (i.e., leave through divorce) from her first permission [to marry] and she should marry ab initio, but if witnesses came that she had been defiled, even if she had several children, she should go forth (i.e., leave the marriage).

אם משנישאת. לא נישאת ממש, אלא אם משהתירוה לינשא באו עדים שנשבית:

לא תצא. מהיתרה הראשון, ותנשא לכתחלה. אבל אם באו עדים שנטמאת, אפילו היו לה כמה בנים תצא:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Kesuvos Perek 2 Mishnah 6

כתובות פרק ב׳ משנה ו׳

6
In a case where witnesses testify that there are two women who were taken captive, and this woman says: I was taken captive but I am pure, and that woman says: I was taken captive but I am pure, they are not deemed credible. And when this woman testifies about that woman that she is pure and vice versa, they are deemed credible.
שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֶׁנִּשְׁבּוּ, זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת נִשְׁבֵּיתִי וּטְהוֹרָה אָנִי, וְזֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת נִשְׁבֵּיתִי וּטְהוֹרָה אָנִי, אֵינָן נֶאֱמָנוֹת. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁהֵן מְעִידוֹת זוֹ אֶת זוֹ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָנוֹת:
ו׳

שתי נשים שנשבו – that there are witnesses that they were taken captive.

שמעידות זו את זו – each one of them says, “my companion is pure.”

הרי אלו נאמנות – for with a captive woman, they were lenient to declare fit one witness, and even a slave and even a woman and even a minor who makes a statement in ignorance of its legal bearing, and as long as the witness testifies that he did not leave from her from the time that she was taken captive until the time that she left from the domain of the heathens (see also Tractate Yevamot, Chapter 16, Mishnah 7 and more crucially, the earliest of Mishnah texts, Tractate Eduyot, Chapter 6, Mishnah 1, especially the words of Rabbi Yehuda ben Baba).

שתי נשים שנשבו. שיש עדים שנשבו:

שמעידות זו את זו. כל אחת אומרת חברתי טהורה:

הרי אלו נאמנות. דבשבויה הקלו להכשיר עד אחד ואפילו עבד ואפילו אשה ואפילו קטן מסיח לפי תומו. ובלבד שיעיד העד שלא פירש ממנה משעה שנשבית עד שיצאה מרשות הגוים:

Mishnah Yomi FAQ

Still have a question? Contact Us