Commentary for Kiddushin 23:13

והא אנן תנן ב"ה אומרים בפרוטה ובשוה פרוטה לא קשיא הא בקידושי ודאי הא בקידושי ספק

she is nevertheless betrothed: we fear that it may be worth a perutah in Media.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where dates were very dear. Or perhaps Media is mentioned as an example of elsewhere.');">²¹</span> But we learnt: BETH HILLEL RULE, BY A PERUTAH OR THE WORTH OF A PERUTAH?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in Samuel's view anything may be worth a perutah somewhere.');">²²</span> - There is no difficulty: the one refers to certain kiddushin; the other to doubtful kiddushin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the article is worth a perutah where it is given, the woman is certainly betrothed, and another man's betrothal is invalid. But if it is not worth a perutah there, she is in a position of doubt: she cannot be free without a divorce, yet should another betroth her before she is divorced, his act may be valid, and she then requires a divorce from both, being in the meantime forbidden to both and to everyone else.');">²³</span>

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