The rabbis determine that High Priests are permitted to marry only full virgins; young women who have not had any sort of intercourse. This arguments helps the rabbis understand that women are entitled to sustenance from her deceased husband's orphans even if she has seized a cup from her deceased husband's belongings (toward her ketuba).
The rabbis then discuss oaths. We know that women are required to take oaths attesting that they have not seized anything from their deceased husbands, so what is the issue here? Is this about the timing of these oaths/? or perhaps the public announcements of upcoming sales of property? or could this question of oaths be founded on whether or not someone has independently assessed the value of this property?
A new Mishna teaches that the sale of property by a widow is considered void if that sale is founded on an inaccurate assessment. Even one dinar difference is is too much of a difference to allow the sale to be considered valid. If a woman sells the property in pieces, those sales can hold as long as she does not err in assessment of property value. If one of those transactions is off, only that particular sale is voided.
This Mishna also explains that a half-kav field is the smallest field required for gardening, and that a quarter-kav field is the smallest field required for sowing. Our notes explain that a half-kav is equivalent to approximately 50-60 square metres. The Gemara looks at issues including fixed prices - where the money is split.
If agents are involved in sharing discussions or collecting money, they are considered to be partially responsible along with the owner of the land for any errors. For example, difficulties will arise when consecrated property is allocated or used improperly. Both the seller and the agent (and those who partake of the consecrated items, if they also take an amount other than what was offered to them) are fully responsible for this transgression.
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