טו לא דכולי עלמא מקדש במלוה אינה מקודשת והכא בישנה לשכירות מתחלה ועד סוף קמיפלגי מר סבר
15 But the Sages rule: She is not betrothed until the money reaches her hand. What is meant by this 'money'? Shall we say, those self-same valuables? hence it follows that in the first Tanna's view even those self-same valuables [need] not [reach her hand]; then wherewith is she betrothed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely she must actually receive something!');"><sup>16</sup></span> Hence it must surely refer to different money,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in addition to the jewels she must receive money.');"><sup>17</sup></span> which proves that they differ over betrothal by debt. For it is assumed that all hold that wages are a liability from beginning to end, hence it is a debt;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When a man does work, as he completes each perutah's worth his employer is liable for the payment of it. Consequently, when this goldsmith makes the jewellery, as soon as he finishes each perutah's worth of labour, she becomes indebted to him to the amount of a perutah, so that when he completes the work entirely, the fee, which is to effect betrothal, is a retrospective debt.');"><sup>18</sup></span> surely then they differ in this: one Master holds, If he betroths [a woman] with a debt, she is betrothed, while the other holds that she is not? - No: all agree that if he betroths with a debt, she is not betrothed, but here they differ as to whether wages are a liability from beginning to end. One Master holds,