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ואקדש לך״ – מקודשת, מדין ערב. ערב, לאו אף על גב דלא מטי הנאה לידיה – קא משעביד נפשיה, האי איתתא נמי, אף על גב דלא מטי הנאה לידה – קא משעבדא ומקניא נפשה.
and I will be betrothed to you by means of these 100 dinars that you give to that individual, she is betrothed, as derived from the halakha of a guarantor. How so? With regard to a guarantor, is it not the case that he commits himself to repaying the debt even though he receives no benefit, as the money from the loan is given to the debtor? And with regard to this woman too, even though she receives no benefit, as the 100 dinars are given to someone else, nevertheless she commits and transfers herself to the man who gives the money.
״הילך מנה והתקדשי לפלוני״ – מקודשת, מדין עבד כנעני. עבד כנעני, לאו אף על גב דלא קא חסר ולא מידי – קא קני נפשיה, האי גברא נמי, אף על גב דלא קא חסר ולא מידי – קא קני לה להאי איתתא.
The Talmud discusses a similar case: If a man gives 100 dinars to a woman and says to her: Here are 100 dinars for you, and with this money you become betrothed to so-and-so, she is betrothed, as derived from the halakha of emancipating a Canaanite slave. With regard to a Canaanite slave, is it not the case that he acquires himself and is freed when someone gives his master money to emancipate the slave, even though he loses nothing of his own? With regard to this man too, i.e., the third party, even though he loses nothing of his own, he acquires this woman by means of the other man’s payment.
״תן מנה לפלוני ואקדש אני לו״ – מקודשת, מדין שניהם. ערב, לאו אף על גב דלא קא מטי הנאה לידיה – קא משעבד נפשיה, האי איתתא נמי, אף על גב דלא קא מטי הנאה לידה – קא מקניא נפשה.
The Talmud discusses a similar case: A woman says to a man: Give 100 dinars to so-and-so and I will be betrothed to him. If he gives the money, she is betrothed, as is derived from a combination of the halakha of both of these cases, that of a guarantor and a Canaanite slave. How so? With regard to a guarantor, is it not the case that he commits himself to repaying the debt even though he receives no benefit? With regard to this woman too, even though she receives no benefit, nevertheless she commits and transfers herself.