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Performing a kinyan – an act that demonstrates ownership.
Even after a buyer and a seller have agreed to a price, and verbally agreed that they want the sale to take place, it is still necessary for the purchaser to perform a kinyan in order to take possession of the object. Generally speaking there are three symbolic acts that can serve this purpose, each of them under different circumstances.
hagbaha – lifting up the object to be purchased
meshikha – pulling an object
mesira – when the object is handed over from the owner to the buyer.
We explore methods and timing of acquisitions.