Commentary for Kiddushin 102:4
ורבא מתרץ לטעמיה המקדש אחת מאשה ובתה או אחת מאשה ואחותה נעשה כמי שקידש אשה ובתה או אשה ואחותה כאחת ואינן מקודשות ומעשה נמי בחמש נשים ובהם שתי אחיות וליקט אחד כלכלה של תאנים ואמר הרי כולכם ואחת משתי אחיות מקודשות לי בכלכלה זו ואמרו חכמים אין אחיות מקודשות
AND IT THUS HAPPENED TO FIVE WOMEN, AMONG WHOM WERE TWO SISTERS, THAT A MAN GATHERED A BASKET OF FIGS AND DECLARED, 'Behold, all of you, and one of the two sisters, are betrothed unto me with this basket': THEN THE SAGES RULED: THE SISTERS ARE NOT BETROTHED. Come and hear: If he gives his daughters in betrothal without specifying which, bogeroth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rava resolves it so the mishnah would not imply that kiddushin that cannot be followed by intercourse are kiddushin.
Clause 1: A man says to two women “one of you is betrothed to me.” Note that this is not the precise language in the mishnah, but it is like the case directly mentioned in the mishnah. Rava has now resolved the mishnah with his opinion. Kiddushin that cannot be followed by intercourse, like marrying one of two sisters without knowing which he married, are not valid kiddushin. Neither woman needs a get.
Clause 2: This clause essentially describes the same scenario is the first clause. He said “one of the two sisters.” Since he cannot tell which sister he married, neither are betrothed.
Clause 1: A man says to two women “one of you is betrothed to me.” Note that this is not the precise language in the mishnah, but it is like the case directly mentioned in the mishnah. Rava has now resolved the mishnah with his opinion. Kiddushin that cannot be followed by intercourse, like marrying one of two sisters without knowing which he married, are not valid kiddushin. Neither woman needs a get.
Clause 2: This clause essentially describes the same scenario is the first clause. He said “one of the two sisters.” Since he cannot tell which sister he married, neither are betrothed.
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