Jewish%20thought for Kiddushin 91:2
איתמר קטנה שנתקדשה שלא לדעת אביה אמר רב בין היא ובין אביה יכולין לעכב ורב אסי אמר אביה ולא היא איתיביה רב הונא לרב אסי ואמרי לה חייא בר רב לרב אסי (שמות כב, טז) אם מאן ימאן אביה אין לי אלא אביה היא עצמה מנין ת"ל אם מאן ימאן מ"מ
Because she was treated as an orphan during her father's lifetime.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since her father saw her becoming betrothed and married, and did not protest, he must either have renounced his authority over her or tacitly consented, for otherwise he would not have maintained silence so long.');"><sup>2</sup></span> It was stated: If a minor became betrothed without her father's knowledge: Rab said: Both she and her father can repudiate [it]. R'Assi said: Her father, but not she herself.
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