Commentary for Kiddushin 13:2
הילך מנה והתקדשי לפלוני מקודשת מדין עבד כנעני עבד כנעני לאו אף ע"ג דלא קא חסר ולא מידי קא קני נפשיה האי גברא נמי אע"ג דלא קא חסר ולא מידי קא קני לה להאי איתתא
a surety, though he personally derives no benefit [from the loan], yet obligates himself [to repayment]; so this woman too, though she personally derives no benefit [from the money], obligates and cedes herself [in betrothal]. [If a man says,] 'Take this maneh and be betrothed to So-and-so,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who had deputed him, but that the agent gave his own money instead of that of the principal.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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