Commentary for Kiddushin 112:2

ואי לא עכברא חורא מאי קעביד מסתברא כל היכא דאיכא איסורא התם קנסינן

- Not the mouse steals, but the hole steals!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The vendor makes possible this misuse of the money.');">³</span> Yet but for the mouse, what harm is done by the hole! - It is reasonable that where the transgression lies, there we impose a penalty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The transgression, i.e., the money wrongly expended, lies with the vendor: hence he is penalized by the cancellation of the sale.');">⁴</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF HE BETROTHS [A WOMAN] WITH 'ORLAH, OR KIL'AYIM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">⁵</span>

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