לא שנו אלא דאמר לה: ״בזו ובזו ובזו״. אבל אמר לה: ״באלו״ – אפילו אוכלת נמי מקודשת, כי קא אכלה – מדנפשה קאכלה.
The Mishnah taught that if she ate the dates one by one their value is not added together only if he said to her that she is betrothed: With this one, and with this one, and with this one, which indicates that she is not betrothed until she has received them all. But if he said to her that he is betrothing her: With these, i.e., with all of them together, even if she is eating them one by one she is also betrothed if their combined value is one peruta. The reason is that when she eats, she eats of her own food. Once she has accepted the dates as money for betrothal, they become her own property and she is betrothed.
תניא כותיה דרבא: ״התקדשי לי באלון ברמון ובאגוז״ או שאמר לה: ״התקדשי לי באלו״, אם יש בכולן שוה פרוטה – מקודשת, ואם לאו – אינה מקודשת. ״בזו ובזו ובזו״, אם יש בכולם שוה פרוטה – מקודשת, ואם לאו – אינה מקודשת. ״בזו״ – נטלתו ואכלתו, ״בזו״ – נטלתו ואכלתו, ועוד ״בזו״ ועוד ״בזו״ – אינה מקודשת עד שיהא באחת מהן שוה פרוטה.
The Talmud comments: It is taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rava: If one said to a woman: Be betrothed to me with the fruit of an oak tree, i.e., an acorn, with a pomegranate, and with a nut, or if he said to her: Be betrothed to me with these, if combined they are worth one peruta, she is betrothed. But if not, she is not betrothed. If he said to her: Be betrothed to me with this one, and with this one, and with this one, if combined they are worth one peruta, she is betrothed. But if not, she is not betrothed. If he said to her: Be betrothed to me with this one, and she took it and ate it; with this one, and she took it and ate it; and also with this one and also with this one, she is not betrothed unless one of them is worth one peruta. This concludes the baraita.