Commentary for Kiddushin 102:5
ת"ש המקדש את בתו סתם אין הבוגרות בכלל הא קטנות בכלל ואמאי קידושין שאין מסורין לביאה נינהו ותיובתא דרבא
are not included.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because a father has no marriage rights over his adult daughters.');"><sup>5</sup></span> But minors are included: yet why, Seeing that it is kiddushin which cannot be followed by intercourse?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained on p. 258, n. 2.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
If one betroths one of his daughters but does not remember which one (wife is not going to be happy about this situation!), we are not concerned that he betrothed one of the adult daughers, because he cannot marry off his adult daughters. But we are concerned about the minors. Any one of them might be the one betrothed. However, this is a case of kiddushin that cannot be followed by intercourse. The man cannot have intercourse with any of the minor sisters lest she is his wife’s sister (meaning he actually married the other one).
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