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The Gemara relates an incident in which a man was Mekadesh a woman with a bundle of rags. Rav Shimi bar Chiya had the bundle appraised to determine whether it was worth a Perutah. According to Shmuel, why did he have it appraised? The Kidushin should have taken effect out of doubt even if its value was less than a Perutah! The Gemara answers that Rav Shimi wanted to know whether the Kidushin was Kidushei Vadai or Kidushei Safek.
The Gemara relates another incident in which a man was Mekadesh a woman with a piece of blue marble. Rav Chisda had it appraised to determine whether it was worth a Perutah. The Gemara again asks why he had it appraised; even if it is worth less than a Perutah the Kidushin should take effect out of doubt.
Rav gave lashes to one who would betroth a woman in the marketplace, and for one who betroths a woman with cohabitation (without giving money or a document beforehand), and for one who would betroth a woman without a prior arrangement to marry her, and for one who would nullify a get, and for one who would pronounce that the get is being written without his consent, and for one who is disrespectful towards a messenger from the Rabbis, and for one who has been under an excommunication for thirty days and does not come to Beis Din to have it nullified, and a groom who lives in his father-in-law’s house.
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