Commentary for Kiddushin 18:6

דאמר רב גידל אמר רב כמה אתה נותן לבנך כך וכך לבתך כך וכך עמדו וקדשו קנו הן הן הדברים הנקנים באמירה :

then she shall be [etc.]: this assimilates betrothal to divorce: as in divorce, the giver's knowledge is required,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the husband's, who gives the woman her freedom.');">⁵</span> so in betrothal, the giver's knowledge is required.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the woman's, who gives herself in marriage.');">⁶</span>

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