Chayei Sarah 23:13 · unit 2

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:13

The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־עֶפְר֜וֹן בְּאׇזְנֵ֤י עַם־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַ֛ךְ אִם־אַתָּ֥ה ל֖וּ שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי נָתַ֜תִּי כֶּ֤סֶף הַשָּׂדֶה֙ קַ֣ח מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־מֵתִ֖י שָֽׁמָּה׃

and spoke to Efron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you would hear me out! Let me pay the price of the land; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 2a.

TT lemma: קח ממני.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 2a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית בְּשָׁלֹשׁ דְּרָכִים, וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בִּשְׁתֵּי דְרָכִים. נִקְנֵית בְּכֶסֶף, בִּשְׁטָר, וּבְבִיאָה. בְּכֶסֶף: בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים בְּדִינָר וּבְשָׁוֶה דִּינָר, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: בִּפְרוּטָה וּבְשָׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה. וְכַמָּה הִיא פְּרוּטָה – אֶחָד מִשְּׁמֹנָה בָּאִיסָּר הָאִיטַלְקִי. וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בְּגֵט וּבְמִיתַת הַבַּעַל. הַיְּבָמָה נִקְנֵית בְּבִיאָה, וְקוֹנָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ בַּחֲלִיצָה וּבְמִיתַת הַיָּבָם. גְּמָ׳ הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית. מַאי שְׁנָא הָכָא דְּתָנֵי ״הָאִשָּׁה נִקְנֵית״, וּמַאי שְׁנָא הָתָם דְּתָנֵי ״הָאִישׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ״? מִשּׁוּם דְּקָא בָּעֵי לְמִיתְנֵי כֶּסֶף, וְכֶסֶף מְנָא לַן – גָּמַר ״קִיחָה״ ״קִיחָה״ מִשְּׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן. כְּתִיב הָכָ

English: And later (25:10) it is written “the field that Avraham bought,” teaching that “taking” is called an acquisition, and teaching that a “taking” is only with money.

On the daf / in context: The opening of Kiddushin derives that a woman is acquired by money from the language of “taking” in the Torah; the field of Avraham supplies a parallel that “taking / buying” is effected by money.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — kinyan by money from “taking”)

What Is Learned

“Taking” in the sense of acquisition is performed with money, as shown by the purchase of the field of Efron; this supports the derivation that a woman is acquired by money as well.