Commentary for Kiddushin 100:2

<big>גמ׳</big> וצריכא דאי אשמעינן שוה פרוטה איידי דקא נפיק ממונא מיניה טעי אבל פחות משוה פרוטה אימא יודע שאין קידושין תופסין בפחות משוה פרוטה וכי קא משדר סבלונות אדעתא דקידושין קא משדר

For if we were informed the case of a perutah's worth [for two women], [I might argue,] since money has gone forth from him, he may err [and think the kiddushin valid]. But [with respect to] less than a perutah's worth, I might say that he knows that kiddushin with less than a perutah's worth is invalid, and so when he sends gifts, he sends them as kiddushin.3 And if these two cases were taught, that is because one may not be clear on a perutah's worth and less;4

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The first clause of the mishnah contains two clauses. If the mishnah had taught only the case where he gave one perutah to two women, I might have thought that in that case, he thought that since he gave a perutah, the kiddushin was valid. Therefore, when he sent gifts later, he did not think of them as kiddushin. But in the case where he gave less than a perutah, we might have argued that everyone knows that one cannot perform kiddushin with less than a perutah. Therefore, when he sent presents, they were kiddushin. Thus the mishnah needed to teach us that even in this case, the presents are not considered kiddushin money.

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