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Can a woman be married with two separate half-peruta payments? The Gemara (גמרא) explores whether this works through joining two acquisition acts (moineh ha'olech) or requires two separate kedushin acts. The shiur analyzes the Rambam (רמב"ם)'s position that simultaneous half-perutas create a safek versus sequential ones which are certain, and develops that hispashtus (spreading of kedusha) cannot apply when two conflicting actions are performed simultaneously.
This shiur provides an in-depth analysis of a fundamental sugya in Kiddushin 7b exploring the mechanics of kiddushin when performed with partial payments. The Gemara (גמרא) presents several scenarios: giving half a peruta now and half later, giving chatzi b'chatzi peruta (quarter-peruta) twice, and giving two half-perutas simultaneously (shnei chatzi perutas). The fundamental question is whether these should be treated as valid kiddushin through the principle of moineh ha'olech (joining sequential acts). Rabbi Zweig develops the Rashba's position that if simultaneous payment of two half-perutas is a safek, then certainly sequential payments should also be a safek. This seems to contradict the Rambam (רמב"ם), who rules that sequential chatzi perutas are definitely valid (mekudeshes vadai), while simultaneous shnei chatzi perutas create only a safek kiddushin. The Maggid Mishneh attempts to resolve this by noting that the Gemara uses the phrase "im timtza l'omer" (if you could say) for the sequential cases, which the Rambam interprets as indicating certainty, while the final case lacks this language.
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Kiddushin 7b
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