Jeśli ktoś zaręczył dwie kobiety o wartości p'rutah lub jedną kobietę o wartości niższej niż p'rutah, nawet jeśli potem wysłał sivlonoth [„sivlonoth” to prezenty zwyczajowo wysyłane przez pana młodego do swojej narzeczonej], ona nie jest zaręczona. [Nie mówimy, że wiedział, że zaręczyny nie zostały zakończone i że jego zamiarem było dokończenie ich tymi sivlonoth], ale [mówimy, że] wysłał je z powodu (co uważał za autentyczne) pierwotnego zaręczyn . To samo dotyczy małoletniego, który się zaręczył [i wysłał sivlonoth, gdy osiągnął pełnoletność].
Bartenura on Mishnah Kiddushin
סבלונות – presents that the groom generally sends to his betrothed.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
Introduction
Our mishnah talks about a man who performs an invalid act of kiddushin and then later on sends presents to the woman whom he tried to betroth. The question is, is the sending of presents equivalent to a renewed and now valid act of betrothal, or are the presents not considered as effecting betrothal?
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kiddushin
אינה מקודשת – and we don’t say that he knew that his [act of] betrothal was not a betrothal and that he determined to send her presents of betrothal for the purpose of betrothal, but we say that because of the first betrothal, he sent [them].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
If he betroths two women with the value of a perutah, or one woman with less than the value of a perutah, even if he subsequently sends gifts, she is not betrothed, because he sent them on account of the first kiddushin. In both of these cases the first act does not cause the woman, or women to be betrothed because there was not a perutah’s worth given to each woman. When the man later on sends gifts which are worth more than a perutah, we might have thought that these gifts can now act as the betrothal money. After all, he clearly intended to betroth her and she clearly agreed. However, the mishnah rules that since these gifts were not sent with the intent of effecting betrothal, they do not act as such. We also do not assume that the man realized that his first act of betrothal was invalid and that he is now sending betrothal money.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kiddushin
וכן קטן שקידש – and he sent presents of betrothal when he became an adult
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
The same is true if a minor betroths. A minor cannot betroth a woman. Betrothal requires “awareness”, and minors legally lack the required “awareness.” Therefore, if he tries to betroth a certain woman, she is not betrothed. Even if he later on sends presents to the woman whom he tried to betroth, the presents do not effect kiddushin, for they were not sent as such but rather on account of the first act of betrothal, which was invalid.
