Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 100:4

איתמר רב הונא אמר חוששין לסבלונות וכן אמר רבה חוששין לסבלונות אמר רבה ומותבינן אשמעתין אף על פי ששלח סבלונות לאחר מכאן אינה מקודשת אמר ליה אביי התם כדקתני טעמא שמחמת קידושין הראשונים שלח

gifts: and Rabbah said likewise: We pay regard to gifts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a marriage is arranged, and the would-be husband sends gifts in the presence of witnesses, we fear that these may be meant as kiddushin, and so she is a doubtful married woman. Should another man then betroth her, both must divorce her.');"><sup>6</sup></span> Rabbah said: An objection is raised against our teaching: EVEN IF HE SUBSEQUENTLY SENDS GIFTS, SHE IS NOT BETROTHED! - Abaye answered him: There the reason is as stated: BECAUSE THEY WERE SENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST KIDDUSHIN. Others state, Rabbah said: Whence do I know it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That we pay regard to gifts.');"><sup>7</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

According to both of these amoraim, if a woman agreed to be betrothed and then the husband sent gifts, the gifts may be considered betrothal money.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The mishnah says that gifts are not considered betrothal money, which seems to contradict R. Huna and Rabbah. But Abaye explains this is only if there was an invalid act of betrothal that preceded the gifts. If there was no prior formal betrothal act, the gifts may actually be betrothal money, even though they were sent as gifts.
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