All commandments involving the son [incumbent] on the father —- men are obligated and women are exempt; and all commandments involving the father [incumbent] on the son —- both men and women are obligated.  Every positive commandment which time causes —- men are obligated and women are exempt; and every positive commandment which time does not cause —- both men and women are obligated.  Every negative commandment —- whether time causes [it], or time does not cause [it] —- both men and women are obligated, except for the prohibition of destroying [one’s beard], the prohibition of rounding [one’s head], and the prohibition of becoming contaminated for the dead.

The [rites of] semichah, waving, bringing close, kemitzah, burning, melikah sprinkling, and receiving —- pertain to men and not to women, except for the meal-offering of a sotah and a female Nazirite, [in which cases] they wave [them].

Every commandment which is dependent on land applies only in the Land; that which is not dependent on land applies both in the Land and outside the Land, except for orlah and kilayim. R’ Eliezer says: Also chadash.

Whoever fulfills one commandment is benefited, his days are prolonged, and he inherits the land; and whoever does not fulfill one commandment is not benefited, his days are not prolonged, and he does not inherit the land.  Whoever is [involved] in the [study of] Scripture and Mishnah and conducts himself properly will not easily sin, as it says (Ecclesiastes 4:12): A three-ply cord is not easily severed; and whoever is [involved] neither in [the study of] Scripture nor Mishnah and does not conduct himself properly is not part of civilization.

A man betroths [a woman] by himself or through his agent. A woman is betrothed by herself or through her agent. A man gives his daughter in kiddushin when she is a naarah, by himself or through his agent.  [If] one says to a woman: “Be betrothed to me with this date; be betrothed to me with this one” —-if one of them has the value of a perutah, she is betrothed; if not, she is not betrothed.  [If he says:] “With this, and with this, and with this” —- if there is the value of a perutah in all of them —- she is betrothed; if not, she is not betrothed. [If] she was eating [them] one by one, she is not betrothed, unless one of them has the value of a perutah.

[If a man said to a woman:] “Be betrothed to me with this cup of wine,” and it was found to be of honey; [or] “of honey,” and it was found to be of wine; “with this dinar of silver,” and it was found to be of gold; [or] “of gold,” and it was found to be of silver; “on condition that I am a rich man,” and he was found to be a poor man; [or] “a poor man,” and he was found to be a rich man —- she is not betrothed. R’ Shimon say: If he deceived her to [her] advantage, she is betrothed.

“[Be betrothed to me] on condition that I am a Kohen,” and he was found [to be] a Levi; [or] “a Levi,” and he was found [to be] a Kohen; “a Nesinite,” and he was found [to be] a mamzer; [or] “a mamzer,” and he was found [to be] a Nesinite; “a townsman,” and he was found [to be] a city dweller; [or] `a city dweller,” and he was found [to be] a townsman; “on condition that my house is close to the bathhouse,” and it was found [to be] distant; [or] “distant,” and it was found [to be] close; “on condition that I have a daughter,” or “a slave who makes braids,” and he does not; or “on condition that I do not have,” and he has; “on condition that I have no sons,” and he does have; or “on condition that I have,” and he does not; in all these cases, although she said: “I intended to be betrothed to him nonetheless,” she is not betrothed. The same [applies if] she deceived him.

[If] one says to his agent: “Go out and betroth So-and-so for me in such and such a place,” and he went and betrothed her in a different place, she is not betrothed. [If he said:] “She is in such and such a place,” and he betrothed her in a different place, she is betrothed.

[If] one betroths a woman on condition that she is not under any vows, and it is found that she is under vows, she is not betrothed. [If] he married her without making any stipulations, and it is found that she is under vows, she may be divorced without a kesubah.  [If he betrothed her] on condition that she has no [bodily] defects, and [such] defects were found upon her, she is not betrothed. [If] he married her without making any stipulations, and [bodily] defects were found upon her, she may be divorced without a kesubah. All [bodily] defects that disqualify Kohanim, [also] disqualify women.

[If] one betroths two women with the value of a perutah or one woman with less than the value of a perutah —- even though he sent gifts afterwards —- she is not betrothed, because he sent [them] on account of the original kiddushin. The same [applies to] a minor who betrothed.

[If] one betroths a woman and her daughter, or a woman and her sister simultaneously, they are not betrothed. It happened that [there were] five women, among whom were two sisters, and someone gathered a basket of figs [which] were theirs and were from Shemittah, and he said: “All of you are betrothed to me with this basket,” and one of them accepted it for all of them —- and the Sages said: The sisters are not betrothed.

[If] someone betroths with his portion, whether from the most holy offerings or offerings of lesser holiness, she is not betrothed; with the second tithe, whether inadvertently or intentionally, the kiddushin is not valid; [these are] the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah says: [If] inadvertently, the kiddushin is not valid; [if] intentionally, it is valid.  And with hekdesh: [if] intentionally, the kiddushin is valid; [if] inadvertently, it is not valid. [These are] the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah says: [If] inadvertently, it is valid; [if] intentionally, it is not.

[If] one betroths with orlah, with kilayim of the vineyard, with an ox which was [condemned to be] stoned, with a calf whose neck is [to be] broken, with the birds of a metzora, with the hair of a Nazirite, with the firstborn of a donkey, with meat and milk, or with chullin slaughtered in the Courtyard, she is not betrothed. [If] he sold them and betrothed with their payment, she is betrothed.