From Parshat Mishpatim, 3rd Portion (Exodus 22:4-22:26), If a man seduces a virgin.

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Shalom.

Today is Shlishli (Third), 11-21. Yom, Day, ends with sundown. So does the calendar day.

Parshat Mishpatim, 3rd Portion (Exodus 22:4-22:26)

Exodus 22:15-16

15 If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall provide her with a marriage contract as a wife. טווְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּ֣ה אִ֗ישׁ בְּתוּלָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־אֹרָ֖שָׂה וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ מָהֹ֛ר יִמְהָרֶ֥נָּה לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה:

If a man seduces: Heb. יְפַךְתֶּה, he speaks to her heart until she yields to him. And so is its Aramaic translation: וַאִרֵי יְשַׁדֵּל. שִׁדּוּל in Aramaic is the equivalent of פִּךְתּוּי in Hebrew [and both signify persuasion].

he shall provide her with a marriage contract: He shall stipulate for her a dowry, as is the custom of a man to his wife, that he writes for her a kethubah, and he shall marry her. -[From Mechilta]

16 If her father refuses to give her to him [in marriage], he shall weigh out money according to the dowry of the virgins. טזאִם־מָאֵ֧ן יְמָאֵ֛ן אָבִ֖יהָ לְתִתָּ֣הּ ל֑וֹ כֶּ֣סֶף יִשְׁקֹ֔ל כְּמֹ֖הַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת:

according to the dowry of the virgins: which is fixed at fifty silver shekels in the case of one who seizes a virgin and forcibly lies with her, as it is said: “The man who lay with her shall give the maiden’s father fifty silver shekels” (Deut. 22:29). -[From Keth. 10a]

Shalom.

Jacob
 
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