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Ketubot 44: Conversion of Minors

jyungar August 19, 2022

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Our new Mishna teaches that if the daughter of a woman who converted while she was pregnant is found to be sexually licentious (read: not a virgin) after betrothal, she is not punished as a woman born Jewish might be punished. Instead of being strangled at the gates of her father's home, she may be stoned at the gates to the city.

The Gemara discusses a number of different contributing possibilities, including what to do if the girl is born at slightly different times, what to do if the girl is an orphan, a minor, an older young woman, what to do if her father is opposed to the marriage or if she is opposed to the marriage, etc.

We explore the halachic ramifications of conversion of minors both then and in modern times.

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