Commentary for Kiddushin 100:3
ואי אשמעינן הני תרתי משום דבין פרוטה לפחות משוה פרוטה לא קים להו לאינשי אבל קטן שקידש הכל יודעין שאין קידושי קטן כלום אימא כי קא משדר סבלונות אדעתא דקידושי קא משדר קא משמע לן
but when a minor betroths, all know that such betrothal is nothing; hence when he sends gifts, I might reason that he sends them as kiddushin. We are therefore informed otherwise. It was stated: R'Huna said: We pay regard to<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'fear'.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
In the cases in the first clause, I might have thought that the gifts were not kiddushin because the man might not have known that he had given less than a perutah for each woman he was betrothing. After all, it is hard to distinguish between a perutah and less than a perutah. He might have thought that he performed kiddushin, and that the gifts were just gifts.
But when it comes to the minor who betroths, we might have thought that everyone knows that minors cannot betroth. Therefore, when he sends gifts as an adult, this is kiddushin. Therefore, the mishnah had to teach us that also in this case the gifts do not count as kiddushin.
But when it comes to the minor who betroths, we might have thought that everyone knows that minors cannot betroth. Therefore, when he sends gifts as an adult, this is kiddushin. Therefore, the mishnah had to teach us that also in this case the gifts do not count as kiddushin.
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