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The Gemara on yesterday’s daf quotes a Mishna in Massekhet Gittin (64b) that teaches that in the case of a na’ara, both she and her father have the ability to accept a geṭ for her.
Rabbi Yehuda disagrees, arguing that only the father has the ability to do so. All agree that a basic principle is that for a geṭ to work the woman receiving it must understand the significance of the geṭ and recognize the need to guard the document properly.
Does this same disagreement apply to kiddushin – marriage – as well as to giṭṭin? Reish Lakish believes that it does, but according to Rabbi Yohanan there is no argument with regard to the status of a na’ara accepting kiddushin; all agree that only the father can accept kiddushin for a na’ara.
We continue our exploration of childhood betrothal.