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The rabbis continue to discuss which actions can be affected by which means. Documents release women from marriage, for example, but they do not necessarily effect betrothal. The rabbis consider money, which does not allow the divorce of a husband and wife. Money can be used to redeem consecrated property and the second tithe. If acquisitions is effected by money, why isn't the release of property - including a wife - affected by money? One of the more interesting points is that both documents and coins are discrete items. Ultimately, the rabbis look to the requirement that not just a document but a document of severance is required to break the bond between husband and wife. Money might represent a document, but it cannot specifically represent a document of severance.
We explore the notion of kinyan.