Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 102:10

ת"ש מי שיש לו שתי כתי בנות משתי נשים ואמר קידשתי את בתי הגדולה ואיני יודע אם גדולה שבגדולות ואם גדולה שבקטנות אם קטנה שבגדולות שהיא גדולה מן הגדולה שבקטנות כולן אסורות חוץ מקטנה שבקטנות דברי ר"מ

Come and hear: If one has two groups of daughters by two wives, and he declares, 'I have given in betrothal my senior daughter, but do not know whether the senior of the seniors<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the earlier wife.');"><sup>14</sup></span> or the senior of the juniors, or the junior of the seniors who is senior to the senior of the juniors,' all are forbidden, excepting junior of the juniors: this is R'Meir's opinion!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This refutes Raba, since intercourse cannot follow such betrothal.');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

Again, we encounter a case where a man does not remember which of his daughters he betrothed. R. Meir says we must consider three of the four girls doubtfully betrothed. Only the youngest girl of the younger set is not betrothed. But the husband cannot have intercourse with any of the doubtfully betrothed girls since any one of them may be the sister of his betrothed wife. This seems again to indicate that kiddushin that cannot be followed by intercourse are kiddushin.
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