Commentary for Ketubot 92:6

ואימא הני מילי קטנה דלית לה יד אבל נערה דאית לה יד איהי תקדש נפשה ואיהי תשקול כספא אמר קרא (במדבר ל, יז) בנעוריה בית אביה כל שבח נעורים לאביה

But might it not be suggested that this applies only to a minor who has no legal right [to betroth herself], but a na’arah who has such rights may herself contract her betrothal, and she herself receives the money? Scripture stated, “Being in her youth in her father’s house” (Numbers 30:17), [implying that] all the advantages of her youth belong to her father.

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