Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 36:8

ואמר רב עמרם א"ר יצחק הכא בקדושי יעוד ואליבא דרבי יוסי ברבי יהודה דאמר מעות הראשונות לאו לקידושין ניתנו ואי אמרת נישואין עושה כיון שנישאת שוב אין לאביה רשות בה

to a common priest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though these too may not designate her: v. Lev. XXI, 7 (this was extended to a haluzah too) and 14. The betrothal of consanguineous relations is forbidden, and if performed, invalid; that of a High Priest to a widow, or a common priest to a divorced woman or a haluzah, is likewise forbidden, but if performed, valid. Hence the difference.');"><sup>14</sup></span> Now [as to] this widow, how is it meant? Shall we say, that she accepted kiddushin for herself: can she be called a widow!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not, since her actions have no validity. - The reference in the whole passage is necessarily to a minor, for only then can he sell her.');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

R. Amram explains that this girl became a widow through designation. I.e. she was sold and then designated to be the wife, and then the master or his son died. The Talmud adds that the original money, the sale, was not given as kiddushin, and therefore, new kiddushin money would have to be given when he designates her. Thus the sale was not “kiddushin” and therefore the father can betroth her again should she be widowed.
[The Talmud will return to discussing the issue of whether the original money counts as kiddushin later on daf 19]
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

It cannot be that the designation effects marriage, because once a girl is married her father can no longer sell her off.
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