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When is Beis Hillel lechumra and Beis Shammai lekula regarding kiddushin? The shiur analyzes a difficult Tosafos (תוספות), arguing that the Mishna in Eduyos refers to kiddushin with less than a shever pruta—creating only safek kiddushin according to Beis Hillel (via shema shever pruta bemodah) while Beis Shammai holds it invalid. This reading answers why Tosafos doesn't simply cite cases where ledevar shevali could equalize the positions.
This shiur offers an intensive analysis of Kiddushin 2a, focusing on a challenging Tosafos (תוספות) that asks why the Mishna in Eduyos considers Beis Hillel lechumra and Beis Shammai lekula in matters of kiddushin. The central problem is understanding what kind of case creates a true chumra for Beis Hillel—one where Beis Shammai cannot achieve the same result. The shiur begins by examining the Mishna's statement that according to Beis Shammai, kiddushin requires a dinar, while Beis Hillel accepts a pruta. Tosafos asks a fundamental question: if the issue is simply the woman's status, why isn't this considered a chumra for Beis Shammai? Since according to Beis Shammai she would already be an eishes ish to the first man, how can we say Beis Hillel is machmir when they merely say she's married to a second man?
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Kiddushin 2a
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