[Avodah] money and halakhah

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Eli Turkel wrote:
> A ring is shveh kesef, not actual kesef.  You could be
> mekadesh just as easily with a can of baked beans.  But
> perhaps not with fiat money.

I honestly don't see why fiat money is less of a shaveh kesef than baked beans.

On the contrary, I could easily make a kal vachomer: Just as one can be mekadesh with baked beans (which some people might decline), certainly one can be mekadesh with fiat money (which no one would decline).

Akiva Miller

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