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What is the status when a minor has relations with an adult woman? The shiur analyzes the Talmudic debate between Rav and Shmuel about whether this constitutes mukases, examining Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafot's competing interpretations of whether besula is broken and exploring the deeper question of what creates the legal status of mukases.
This shiur explores the complex Talmudic discussion in Kesubos 12b regarding the halachic status of a woman after katan haba al gedolah (a minor having relations with an adult woman). The Gemara (גמרא) presents a fundamental dispute between Rav, who holds that such a woman has the din of mukases (compromised woman who receives only 100 zuz ketubah), and Shmuel, who maintains ein mukases b'basar (there is no mukases status from such relations). Rabbi Zweig analyzes the major dispute between Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafot regarding the underlying mechanics of this case. According to Tosafot, there is no actual breaking of the besula (hymen), and the dispute centers on whether such limited physical contact creates the legal status of mukases despite the lack of physical change. Rashi, however, appears to learn that the besula is indeed broken, leading to a more complex analysis of what constitutes mukases.
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Kesubos 12b
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