BACKGROUND ON THE DAILY DAF
14) [line 31] KENAS (ONES)
(a) If a man rapes a girl (between the ages of 12 and 12 1/2) he must pay her father a
fine of fifty Shekalim, as stated in Devarim (22:28). This amount is the equivalent of a
dowry (Kesuvah). The man must also marry the girl and never divorce her, if the girl
wishes to be his wife.
(b) The age mentioned above follows the ruling of Rebbi Meir, who states that a man who
rapes a Ketanah (a minor) does not pay Kenas. According to the Chachamim, Kenas must be
paid if the girl is between the ages of 3 and 12 1/2 years (Kesuvos 29a).
15) [line 32] MI'KATNUSAH YATZESAH L'VAGAR - she went directly from the stage of Ketanah to the stage of Bogeres without the interim stage of Na'arah. A girl is a Ketanah (minor) until two pubic hairs grow, after she enters her twelfth year. During the following six months she is a Na'arah (maidenhood). When six months elapse she becomes a Bogeres (adult).
16) [line 33] YIS'AMRU MI'SHEMAI - should be said in my name
17) [line 34] BEN SORER U'MOREH - The "stubborn and rebellious son"
(a) A boy can become a Ben Sorer u'Moreh (Devarim 21:18-21) from the time that he shows signs
of puberty (when two hairs grow) until he reaches a further stage of
development (approximately three months later). He must steal money from his father, and
buy 50 Dinars of meat, eating it rare outside his father's property and in bad company. He
must also drink half a log (5 oz.) of wine with the meal. It is therefore forbidden for a
boy of this age to eat such a meal at any time (Sefer ha'Mitzvos, Lo Sa'aseh #195)
(b) A Ben Sorer u'Moreh is punished with Sekilah (stoning). Rebbi Yosi ha'Gelili explains
that since he is running after worldly pleasures, he will eventually deplete all of his
father's possessions, and when there is nothing left, he will stand at a crossroads and
steal from people. It is better to kill him when he is young and has few sins than to let
him live and die a wicked man (Sanhedrin 72a).
(c) The Gemara (Sanhedrin 68b-72a) learns that there are additional conditions necessary
to become a Ben Sorer u'Moreh, which are so numerous and intricate that it is unfeasible
for this punishment ever to be executed.
18) [line 35] CHASIMAS ZAKAN HA'TACHTON - the full development of the pubic hair
19) [line 36] NA'ARAH HA'ME'URASAH
(a) If someone has relations with a married woman after not heeding the warning of two
witnesses, he is put to death by Chenek (choking), as it states in the Torah (Devarim
22:22). If the woman had relations willingly, she too is put to death by Chenek.
(b) However, in one instance the Torah prescribes a different punishment (Devarim
22:23-24). If the woman was a Na'arah Besulah Me'urasah (a *virgin*, during the *first six
months* after reaching her physical maturity (Na'arus), who has been betrothed through
*Eirusin* (Kidushin) but has not entered the stage of Nisu'in -- i.e. she has not moved
into her husband's house yet), the man who had relations with her is put to death by
Sekilah (stoning). If the woman had relations with him willingly, she too is put to death
by Sekilah.
(Source: http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/dafyomi2/yevamos/backgrnd/ye-in-080.htm)