Commentary for Kiddushin 11:5
איבעיא להו חרופתי מהו ת"ש דתניא האומר חרופתי מקודשת שכן ביהודה קורין לארוסה חרופה ויהודה הויא רובא דעלמא
The scholars propounded: [What if one declares,] 'Thou art singled out for me,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi translates: 'Thou art one with me'; cf. Gen. II, 24: and they shall be one flesh. ,sguhn');"><sup>6</sup></span> 'Thou art designated unto me,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. meyu'edeth, cf. Ex. XXI, 8: if she please not her master who hath designated her (ye'adah, E.V. betrothed her) for himself sdb');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
In the beginning, the Talmud thinks this word can be used anywhere as a betrothal formula because it works in Judea and because it is used in Scripture. But in the end, the Talmud rules that this formula works only in Judea because in Judea the word “harufah” simply means betrothed and seems to be used frequently.
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