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Is seducing a minor considered rape (oines) or consensual (rotzon)? The shiur explores a fundamental machlokes between Rashi (רש"י)/Tosafos (תוספות) (who hold pitui katana is oines) and the Rambam (רמב"ם) (who holds it's rotzon). This disagreement affects whether there's a sfeik sfeika in cases of uncertain seduction.
The shiur analyzes a complex sugya in Kesubos 9a regarding the halachic status of pitui katana (seducing a minor). The Gemara (גמרא) discusses a case where a married woman claims her husband found her not to be a virgin, and there's uncertainty about when the relationship occurred and whether she was a minor or adult at the time. Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafos (תוספות) hold that pitui katana (seducing a minor) has the status of oines (rape), meaning the minor cannot give meaningful consent. This creates a sfeik sfeika: maybe she was raped (oines), or maybe she consented but was a minor when it happened (which is also considered oines). According to this view, she would be permitted to her husband due to the double doubt.
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Kesubos 9a
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