Commentary for Kiddushin 157:4

ואי אשמעינן גבי דידה משום דאיתתא דייקא ומינסבא אבל איהו אימא לא איכפת ליה צריכא

And if we were told this of her, that is because a woman carefully investigates and [then] marries; but as for him [her father], I might argue that he does not care.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is not so anxious for a pure match. Hence he did not cancel his agent's authority, but gave her in betrothal himself provisionally, in case his agent would not succeed in securing her betrothal.');">⁴</span> Thus they are necessary.

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