Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 36:4

תא שמע בבגדו בה כיון שפירש טליתו עליה שוב אינו רשאי למוכרה זבוני הוא דלא מזבין לה הא יעודי מייעד לה ואי אמרת נישואין עושה כיון דנישאת שוב אין לאביה רשות בה אלא לאו שמע מינה אירוסין עושה

The difference is in respec of inheriting her property, defiling himself on her account, and annulling her vows.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The heir of an arusah is her father; of a nesu'ah, her husband. A priest must (or may, v. Sotah 3a) defile himself on account of his deceased wife, if a nesu'ah, but not if an arusah. The vows of an arusah, if a na'arah (q.v. Glos.) can only be annulled by her husband and father jointly; those of a nesu'ah, by her husband alone.');"><sup>7</sup></span> What is the law? - Come and hear: 'Seeing that he hath dealt deceitfully with her [be-bigedo bah]: once he spread his cloak over her, he can no longer sell her'. Thus, he merely may not sell her, yet may indeed designate her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., give her in marriage.');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The rabbis read the words “bevigdo bah” as referring to the master designating her for himself. Once the master has married her, her father may not sell her to anyone else. But he may, by inference, designate her for another man if the master dies or divorces her. In other words, he can marry her off again. However, in general a father cannot give her daughter away in marriage once she has already been married. Therefore, this must mean that when the master designated her to become a wife for himself, he caused her to be betrothed, not married.
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