page_title: Kiddushin (Talmud)
hierarchical_section_title: Kiddushin (Talmud)
caption_attribution_description: Jewish Wedding (sketch)
context_page_description: Kiddushin is a masekhet or tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic engagement and marriage.
  In Jewish law, an engagement is a contract between a man and a woman where they mutually promise to marry each other, and the terms on which it shall take place. The promise may be made by the intending parties or by their respective parents or other relatives on their behalf.
context_section_description: Kiddushin (Hebrew: קִידּוּשִׁין‎) is a masekhet or tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic engagement and marriage.
  In Jewish law, an engagement (kiddushin) is a contract between a man and a woman where they mutually promise to marry each other, and the terms on which it shall take place. The promise may be made by the intending parties or by their respective parents or other relatives on their behalf.
caption: Jewish Wedding (sketch), by Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879)
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