Commentary for Kiddushin 106:5

בעא מיניה רבא מרב חסדא אשה אין מתקדשת מעות מהו שיצאו לחולין אמר ליה אשה אין מתקדשת מעות היאך יצאו לחולין

But as for hekdesh, both are unwilling that hekdesh should be secularised through them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he gives her hekdesh he withdraws it from its sacred ownership and it becomes secular (hullin) . But since this involves a sacrifice, it may be assumed that both are unwilling.');">⁸</span> But R'Jacob maintained: The logic is the reverse. Can we not argued as for tithes, she is unwilling on account Of the trouble of the journey, whilst he is unwilling on account of the risks of the journey.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi offers two explanations: (i) Since the tithe must be consumed in Jerusalem, he must bear the risks of the road-risks to which a woman is more exposed than a man, for until it reaches Jerusalem it has no value. For if she redeems it, the money must be carried to Jerusalem, and so he is in the same position. (ii) Even if he bears no responsibility for the risks of the road, yet if she loses it she may be resentful with him for having betrothed her with something of which she derived no benefit, and therefore he too is displeased. Tosaf. accepts the second.');">⁹</span>

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