Major topics taught in this course include: sources for the ability to appoint a messenger, preference to do kiddushin directly, law of messengers by kodeshim, messengers by division of an inheritance, messengers by an aveirah, a messenger as a witness, maamar, a father’s ability to marry off his children, a young child’s ability to marry herself off with and without the father’s consent, kiddushin with items that add up to a prutah, kiddushin with a debt, kiddushin where he didn’t give the amount promised, kiddushin when he made false claims about himself, meanings he had in his heart, sivlonot as kiddushin, kiddushin to a woman who is forbidden to him, kiddushin with stolen property, kiddushin with maaser, an animal found outside Jerusalem, an animal purchased outside Jerusalem with money of maaser, kiddushin with items that are forbidden to derive benefit from, and non-kodeshim slaughtered inside the azarah. Topics and sources may vary. The course allows for a cross-section of different texts, giving the student a broad range of topics to which to apply numerous research techniques. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and textual preparations. Prerequisite: Introductory courses in Talmud, fundamental familiarity with the main topics of the tractate.