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daf bit: Kiddushin 52
The mishna is still discussing the objects with which a man may or
may not betroth a woman. (Betrothal calls for a gift of a certain,
small, monetary value.) Today we learn: if a kohein (priest)
betroths a woman with his portion of the offerings (the part designated
for the priests), she is not betrothed. This is true whether it is
of the higher degree of sanctity (the sin-offering, eaten only by
priests) or of the lower (peace-offering, eaten by priests and the person
who brought it). This is, it will be explained later, because these
offerings belong to God; the priests may eat them, but they do not
belong to the priests, and a man must own the object he
uses to betroth a woman. The mishna then makes a similar statement about
the second tithe, which also goes to the priests -- no betrothing with
them, either. This is the view of R' Meir. R' Yehudah says: if he
did it unwittingly she is not betrothed but if he did it deliberately,
she is. (52b)
(Today's daf is 55, and part of a long discussion arising from this mishna.)
