Commentary for Kiddushin 13:4

מי דמי ערב האי דקא קני ליה קא חסר ממונא האי גברא קא קני לה להאי איתתא ולא קא חסר ולא מידי עבד כנעני יוכיח דלא קא חסר ממונא וקא קני נפשיה

yet acquires himself [his freedom]; so this man too though he personally loses nothing, acquires this woman. [If the woman declares,] 'Give a maneh to So-and-so, and I will become betrothed to him,' she is betrothed by the laws of both: a surety, though he personally derives no benefit, obligates himself, so this woman too' though she personally derives no benefit, cedes herself.

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