Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Kiddushin/Chapter 2/3

Hebrew Text

 * על מנת שאני כוהן, ונמצא לוי;
 * לוי, ונמצא כוהן;


 * נתין, ונמצא ממזר;
 * ממזר, ונמצא נתין;


 * בן עיר, ונמצא בן כרך;
 * בן כרך, ונמצא בן עיר;


 * על מנת שביתי קרוב למרחץ, ונמצא רחוק;
 * רחוק, ונמצא קרוב;


 * על מנת שיש לי בת או שפחה גדלת, ואין לו;
 * על מנת שאין לי, ויש לו;


 * על מנת שיש לי בנים, ואין לו;
 * על מנת שאין לי, ויש לו —


 * כולם, אף על פי שאמרה בליבי היה להתקדש לו אף על פי כן,
 * אינה מקודשת.


 * וכן היא שהטעתו.

English Translation

 * [One who says to a woman, "Be betrothed to me..."]
 * "...on condition that I am a priest," and he was found to be a Levite;
 * "...a Levite," and he was found to be a priest;


 * "...a Nathinite," and he was found to be a mamzer;
 * "...a mamzer," and he was found to be a Nathinite;


 * "...a village-dweller," and he was found to be a city-dweller;
 * "...a city-dweller," and he was found to be a village-dweller;


 * "...on condition that my house is near to the bathhouse," and it was found to be far;
 * "...far [from the bathhouse]," and it was found to be near;


 * "...on condition that I have a senior daughter or maidservant," and he does not have;
 * "...on condition that I do not have [a senior daughter or maidservant]," and he has;


 * "...on condition that I do not have sons," and he has;
 * "...on condition that I do have [sons]," and he does not have —


 * All of them, even though she says, "It was in my heart to be betrothed to him even so,"
 * she is not betrothed.


 * And similarly if it was she that deceived him.



Explanation
משנה קידושין ב ג