Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 51:3

וזוקקין את הנכסים שיש להם אחריות לישבע עליהן:

AND IT OBLIGATES THE PROPERTY WHICH PROVIDES SECURITY, TO TAKE AN OATH CONCERNING THEM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In litigation over real estate, no oath is administered; whereas for movables it is. In a dispute concerning both, since an oath is taken for the latter, it is taken for the former too.');"><sup>5</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>BY MONEY: Whence do we know it? - Said Hezekiah: Scripture saith, men shall acquire fields with money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XXXII, 44.');"><sup>6</sup></span> Yet perhaps [the purchase is invalid] unless there is a deed [too], since it continues, and subscribe the deeds, and attest them? - Were 'acquire' written at the end, it would be as you say; now, however, that 'acquire' is written at the beginning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., before the mention of deeds,');"><sup>7</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

In Mishnah Shevuoth 6:5 we learned that people do not take oaths over land. For instance, if Reuven claims that Shimon owes him land, and Shimon admits to part of the claim, he need not swear that he does not owe him the rest, as he would were Reuven to claim that Shimon owes him money or animals. However, if Shimon needs to take an oath over movable property and land, since he must take an oath over the movable property he must also take an oath over the land. This could happen if Reuven claims that Shimon owes him a piece of land and a 100 sheep. If Shimon admits that half of the land is Reuven’s and half of the sheep, he must take an oath over both the land and the sheep which he claims not to owe.
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