Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 104:15

אמר ר' יוסי יאמרו מאיר שכב יהודה כעס יוסי שתק דברי תורה מה תהא עליה וכי אין אדם עשוי לקבל קידושין לבתו בעזרה ואין אשה עשויה לעשות לה שליח לקבל קידושיה בעזרה ועוד דחקה ונכנסה מאי

This may be deduced too; because it is stated: IF ONE BETROTHS [A WOMAN] WITH HIS PORTION, WHETHER [IT IS OF] THE HIGHER OR OF THE LOWER SANCTITY, HE HAS NOT BETROTHED HER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'HIS PORTION' implies that it is already divided - viz., after its death.');"><sup>28</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: After R'Meir's demise, R'Judah announced to his disciples, 'Let not R'Meir's disciples enter hither, because they are disputatious and do not come to learn Torah but to overwhelm one with halachoth.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To prove one ignorant.');"><sup>29</sup></span> Yet Symmachus forced his way through and entered.

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

R. Yossi finds a case where it would be possible for a woman to be betrothed with the priest’s portion—either by a man accepting betrothal for his daughter, or in a case where a woman appoints a man to accept her kiddushin in the Temple Court on her behalf. Finally, she could force herself in. Even though she should not do this, if she does, she is betrothed.
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