Commentary for Kiddushin 25:7

מאי רצתה ומאי לא רצתה אילימא רצתה דאמרה אין לא רצתה דאמרה לא הא אישתיקה הוו קידושין ונתני מקודשת סתם כי התם

Thereupon R'Nahman ruled: She can say: 'Indeed, I took it, and 'twas my own I took'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence she is not betrothed.');">⁷</span> Raba objected before R'Nahman: If he betroths her with [an article] of robbery, violence, or theft,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. p. 263, n. 3.');">⁸</span> or if he snatches a sela' from her hand and betroths her, she is [validly] betrothed? - There it means that he had discussed the preliminaries [of marriage].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Then her silence is consent.');">⁹</span>

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