(Mishnah): If a man said to a woman, "Be betrothed to me on condition that I speak to the governor on your behalf or I work for you like a paid worker'', if he fulfilled the condition, she is betrothed; if not, she is not betrothed.

"On condition that my father wishes it'', if his father wished it she is betrothed; if not, she is not betrothed.

If the father died, she is betrothed; if the son died, we instruct the father to reject the marriage.

(Gemara - Rav): We are referring to when he also gave her a Perutah amount (as the kidushin money).

Question (R. Imi to Rebbi): Do we always require separate kidushin money to be given whenever a condition was made?

Rather, when the Mishnah said, "that I will speak to the governor'' and he did so, when her benefit from his speaking to the governor was worth a Perutah, she is betrothed.

"...that I will work for you like a paid worker'', if he did so and the work was worth a Perutah, she is betrothed.

R. Ba citing Rav: The case of acting like a paid worker is if she designated a selah in a certain place with which to hire him (so it is as if she already paid him in advance for the work and he can now betroth her with it).

Question: With what did he actually betroth her? (How did he take possession of the selah in order to betroth her with it?)

Answer: It is like the (earlier) Mishnah (in Perek 1 Halachah 6) - "Any item that is used like money to buy something else, as soon as one person makes an acquisition, the other person becomes responsible for the other item.'' Here also, since he performed her task, she received the task and he automatically receives the money wherever it is.

The Mishnah taught: "On condition that my father wishes it'', if his father wished it she is betrothed; if not, she is not betrothed.

Question: The Mishnah implies that he must verbalize his support, but if not, we cannot assume that he wishes it and she is not betrothed. But when the Mishnah taught that if the father died, she is betrothed, this assumes that he does wish it...? After this, the Mishnah taught that if the son died, we instruct the father to say that he does not wish it. This again implies that we assume he does wish it...?

Conclusion of question (R. Yochanan to R. Yanai): Would a Mishnah switch back and forth in this way?

R. Yanai: You are asking a matter of Kidushin to miserable Yanai?

R. Yanai then continued to explain the Mishnah - "On condition that my father wishes it'' etc. is referring to when the father was required to verbalize his agreement; but because the father did not, she is not betrothed.

"If the father died, she is betrothed'' - as it is as if the father said that he agreed, as being silent is considered agreement.

"If the son died, we instruct the father to reject the marriage'' - since the father was silent until now, it is as if he explicitly agreed.

Question (R. Zeira to R. Yosi): Can R. Yanai explain the Mishnah as he wishes?! (R. Zeira was surprised that R. Yanai explained that in the first case, the condition was that he must verbalize his agreement, but in the latter case, he was only required to refrain from protesting. Furthermore, the first case was specific but the latter case was more general. Would a Mishnah be arranged in this way?) (Note: This entry follows the explanation of the Pnei Moshe.)

Answer (R. Yosi to R. Zeira): Yes - R. Shimon ben Levi said that Rebbi did not refrain from making a general statement in one place and a specific case in another.

Support (R. Yosi): Our earlier Mishnah is also formulated in this way - If he said, "...on condition that I have a Beis Kur sized piece of land'' - this is a general statement; "in a certain place'' - this is a specific.

(Mishnah): If a man said, "I accepted kidushin for my daughter but I do not know from whom!'' and someone came and claimed that he was the groom, he is believed.

If two people came, each claiming that he was the groom, they must both give her a get and if they wish, one can give a get and the other can perform nisuin with her.

(Gemara - question): What does the Mishnah mean with the words "he is believed''?

Answer: Shmuel said that he must give her a get. Asi said that he may even perform nisuin with her. Rav Huna citing Rav said that he may even perform nisuin with her. R. Yochanan said that he may even perform nisuin with her, but one cannot learn from here to elsewhere.

Question: What is meant by 'one cannot learn from here to elsewhere'?

Answer: "I sold one of my fields and I do not know to whom'' and a person came and said that he was the one that bought it, he is not believed. (The Chachamim were only lenient here to prevent the women from being unable to remarry, which is not relevant in the case of a field.)

This is also the law in Kidushin...a woman who said, "I accepted kidushin by I do not know from whom'' and a man came and claimed it was him, he is not believed.

Question (Mishnah in Yevamos against Rav): If a person brought a get from overseas and said "in front of me it was written and signed'', he may not marry the divorcee...? (This is unlike Rav who said that he is even believed to perform nisuin.)

Answer: There, she is known by all to be a married woman; here, only two know of her married status - when they come, they will identify the one who betrothed her.

Question (Our Mishnah against Shmuel): If two people came, each claiming that he was the groom, they must both give her a get and if they wish, one can give a get and the other can perform nisuin with her...? (This implies that a person is even believed to perform nisuin.)

Answer: He said that he betrothed her to one of the two but does not know which one.

R. Zeira/ R. Yosi citing R. Yochanan: If one of the two came forward and performed nisuin with her, we remove her from the marriage.

This is only the case when each one said that he betrothed her and then one came and did nisuin, but if one said that he betrothed her and then did nisuin and then a second one came forward and said that he betrothed her, we do not believe him.

Support (Beraisa): If after he performed nisuin, another man came and said that he had betrothed her, he is not believed.