Commentary for Kiddushin 51:7
ובשטר: מנלן אילימא משום דכתיב (ירמיהו לב, מד) וכתוב בספר וחתום והעד עדים והאמרת שטר ראיה בעלמא הוא אלא מהכא (ירמיהו לב, יא) ואקח את ספר המקנה אמר שמואל לא שנו אלא בשטר מתנה אבל במכר לא קנה עד שיתן לו דמים
How do we know it? Shall we say, because it is written, and subscribe the deeds, and attest them, and call witnesses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XXXII, 44.');"><sup>12</sup></span> - but you have said that the deed is merely evidence? - But from this verse, so I took the deed of purchase.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 11; this shews that the deed itself consummates the purchase.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
We can’t use this verse from Jeremiah because we said earlier that money acquires land and that the deed referred to in this verse is just proof. It is not what effects the transaction.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Talmud uses a different verse from Jeremiah to prove that documents can acquire.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Shmuel places a strong limit on the Mishnah’s rule that a document can acquire without money changing hands. This is true only if someone is giving land away. But if someone is selling land, the document does not acquire until the person also pays the money.
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