Commentary for Kiddushin 7:9
ואיצטריך למכתב קידושיה לאביה ואיצטריך למכתב מעשה ידיה לאביה דאי כתב רחמנא קידושיה לאביה הוה אמינא משום דלא טרחא בהו אבל מעשה ידיה דקא טרחא בהו אימא דידה הוו
But you have employed this for her child's child? - For her child's child no verse is required, because grand-children are as children;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is deduced in Yeb. 62b.');"><sup>12</sup></span> [hence] the verse is required only for her illegitimate seed.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
If the Torah had written only that her kiddushin money goes to her father, I might have thought that her income from work goes to her since she earned it. It does not—it goes to her father.
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