Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 187:11

וכל שאפשר לו לקיימו בסופו וכו': אמר רב טבלא אמר רב זו דברי רבי יהודה בן תימא אבל חכמים אומרים אע"פ שאי אפשר לו לקיימו בסופו והתנה עליו מתחילתו תנאו קיים

said on R. Meir's authority: If the condition [is stated] before the act, it is valid; if the reverse, it is not! — But it is all in accordance with R. Meir: yet here it is different, because at the very outset he accepted no liability.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the bailment came into his hand, he explicitly stated the extent of liability he was prepared to accept; hence, when he receives his charge, his responsibility is already limited. But one cannot be only partly married; therefore, notwithstanding his stipulation, he must hear the full liability involved in marriage. ');">¹⁰</span>

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