Commentary for Kiddushin 51:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> בכסף מנלן אמר חזקיה אמר קרא (ירמיהו לב, מד) שדות בכסף יקנו ואימא עד דאיכא שטר דכתיב (ירמיהו לב, מד) וכתוב בספר וחתום אי כתיב יקנו לבסוף כדקאמרת השתא דכתיב יקנו מעיקרא כסף קני שטר ראיה בעלמא הוא
money gives a title, while the deed is merely evidence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the sale.');"><sup>8</sup></span> Rab said: This was taught only of a place where a deed is not indited; but where it is, money alone gives no title. Yet if he [the vendee] distinctly stipulates,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That either money or deed shall suffice. [Tosaf. Ri: either the vendor or buyer, whoever makes the terms, is at an advantage.]');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
This verse from Jeremiah is the source for the ruling that fields are acquired with money.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The verse does mention writing the sale down in a document. But since it first uses the word acquire, we can learn that money alone acquires land, even if no deed is written up.
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