Commentary for Kiddushin 13:12

א"ל הכי השתא התם איתתא לבי תרי לא חזיא אלא גברא מי לא חזי לבי תרי וה"ק לה דאי בעינא למינסב אחריתי נסיבנא

It has been stated likewise in Raba's name: The same applies to monetary matters.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If A says to B, 'Give money to C, in return for which my field is sold to you,' the sale is valid, by the law of surety: 'Take a maneh, and let your field be sold to C,' C acquires it by the law of a Canaanite slave; 'Give money to C and let him thereby acquire my field,' he acquires it by the laws of both - all as explained with reference to kiddushin.');">¹⁴</span> Now, both are necessary: had we been informed this of kiddushin [only], that is because a woman is pleased [even] with very little, in accordance with Resh Lakish's dictum, for Resh Lakish said: It is better to dwell in grief with a load<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Jast.; Rashi, 'two bodies'.');">¹⁵</span>

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