Commentary for Kiddushin 115:14

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר עולא טובת הנאה אינה ממון איתיביה רבי אבא לעולא המקדש בתרומות ובמעשרות ובמתנות במי חטאת ובאפר פרה הרי זו מקודשת ואפילו ישראל

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE BETROTHS [A WOMAN] WITH TERUMOTH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Plur. of terumah, v. Glos.');">¹⁹</span> TITHES, [PRIESTLY] GIFTS, THE WATER OF PURIFICATION AND THE ASHES OF PURIFICATION,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. XIX.');">²⁰</span> SHE IS BETROTHED, EVEN IF AN ISRAELITE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if he who betroths is an Israelite; that is the assumed meaning. Now, an Israelite has no direct benefit in these, save the indirect one of being able to dispose of them to whatever priest or Levite he desires; and she too has only the same benefit. Since the Mishnah rules that the betrothal is valid, it follows that this benefit of disposal is considered to possess a monetary value.');">²¹</span>

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