Responsa for Yevamot 213:5

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל מאי טעמא דבית שמאי לפי שאין תנאי בנשואין ואי נשואה תמאן אתי למימר יש תנאי בנשואין

What reason, however, could be advanced<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the prohibition of mi'un. V. Glos. ');">¹³</span> where she only entered the bridal chamber<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Huppah, v. Glos. ');">¹⁴</span> and no cohabitation had taken place?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In such a case, since consummation of marriage has not taken place, there is, surely, no need to provide against the erroneous assumption of the validity of a stipulation in consummated marriage! ');">¹⁵</span> Because no condition is attachable to an entry into the bridal chamber.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a minor at such a stage in her marriage were allowed mi'un it might be assumed that the reason why her union was severed without a divorce was not because of her minority but owing to an unfulfilled condition that was attached to her entry into the bridal chamber, and so it would be concluded erroneously that even in the case of one who is of age a condition attached is valid. ');">¹⁶</span>

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