[Avodah] The Kiddushin "raid" in Lakewood

[David Riceman]

Zev Sero wrote:
> Why not say that since the two rings were obviously similar enough that
> they could be easily confused, and are probably of exactly the same
> value, when he accepted his sister's ring as a return of his pikadon
> he absolved her of any further duties as a shomeret, and effectively
> swapped his ring for hers?  His ring became her property, the ring she
> gave him became his property and is now his wife's, and if the sister
> and wife each want their "own" rings that's entirely a matter between
> them.  Any reason we couldn't say this?
>   
Transferring property requires intention (AhS HM 189:2).  If I 
understand the original story correctly no one noticed the switch until 
after kiddushin, hence there was no intention to transfer property.

David Riceman