Related על יבמות 2:13
Tosefta Kiddushin
[A man who says] "I arranged the betrothal of my daughter but I do not know to whom I betrothed her", and one man comes and says, "I betrothed her!"—he is believed to marry her. After [that happened and] she was married, another came and said, "I betrothed her!"—he does not have the power to forbid her [to her current husband, even if he were telling the truth]. (Translated from the Ehrfurt manuscript:) [A man who says] "I arranged the betrothal of my daughter"—[we assume that this] includes minor daughters but doesn't include major daughters. "My daughter was betrothed"—doesn't include minor daughters. "I [arranged the] divorce of my daughter"—includes minor daughters, but doesn't include major daughters. "My daughter was divorced"—includes neither major nor minor daughters. [If a man said about his daughter:] "She was captured and I redeemed her", or "She had sex with someone who would disqualify her"—he does not have the power to make her forbidden [to subsequently marry a priest]. "I arranged the betrothal of my daughter" and he has 10 daughters—they are all forbidden [to marry other men until the kiddushin is broken] because of doubt. If he said "major daughter"—only the eldest daughter is betrothed. If he said "minor"—only the youngest daughter is betrothed.
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