Commentary for Kiddushin 9:17

וכסף אינו מאכיל והאמר עולא דבר תורה ארוסה בת ישראל אוכלת בתרומה שנאמר (ויקרא כב, יא) וכהן כי יקנה נפש קנין כספו והאי קנין כספו הוא

in her father's house,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cohabitation being forbidden until huppah, the arusah naturally lived in her father's house until then.');">³³</span> and she give it to drink to her brothers and sisters. But argue thus: if money, which does not complete [marriage],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The money makes her an arusah only, and her father is still her heir, and entitled to her labour; v. supra.');">³⁴</span>

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