Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Kiddushin/Chapter 3/8

Hebrew Text

 * קידשתי את בתי קטנה,
 * קידשתיה וגירשתיה כשהיא קטנה,
 * והרי היא קטנה —
 * נאמן.


 * קידשתיה וגירשתיה כשהיא קטנה,
 * והרי היא גדולה —
 * אינו נאמן.


 * נשבית ופדיתיה
 * בין שהיא קטנה בין שהיא גדולה, —
 * אינו נאמן.


 * מי שאמר בשעת מיתתו,
 * יש לי בנים — נאמן;
 * יש לי אחים — אינו נאמן.


 * המקדש את בתו סתם —
 * אין הבוגרת בכלל.

English Translation

 * [If one says,]
 * "I had my daughter betrothed as a minor,"
 * [or] "I had her betrothed and divorced when she was a minor,"
 * and she is [still] a minor —
 * he is believed.


 * "I had her betrothed and divorced when she was a minor."
 * and she is an adult —
 * he is not believed.


 * "She was captured and I ransomed her,"
 * whether she is a minor or an adult —
 * he is not believed.


 * One who said at his time of death,
 * "I have sons" — he is believed;
 * "I have brothers" — he is not believed.


 * One who has his daughter betrothed ambiguously —
 * an elder daughter is not included.



Explanation
משנה קידושין ג ח