Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer Siman 41

Siman 41

Presented here for study, not as a practical ruling. The Shulchan Aruch rules by Sephardi custom, the Rema's glosses by Ashkenazi custom, and the Kitzur follows Ashkenazi custom. For a practical question, ask your rabbi.

א מְקַדֵּשׁ אָדָם כַּמָּה נָשִׁים כְּאֶחָד, וְהוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה שְׁוֵה פְּרוּטָה לְכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת. וִיכוֹלָה אַחַת מֵהֶן לְקַבֵּל הַקִּדּוּשִׁין בִּשְׁבִיל כֻּלָּן, לְדַעְתָּן:
1 A man can betroth a number of women at once, as long as there is the value of a *perutah* for each one. And one of them can accept the betrothal on behalf of all of them, with their approval.
ב הַמְקַדֵּשׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים כְּאַחַת, שֶׁאָסוּר לִשָּׂא שְׁתֵּיהֶן מִשּׁוּם עֶרְוָה, אֵינָן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת. כֵּיצַד, כְּגוֹן שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ, אוֹ שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת כְּאַחַת, שֶׁאָמַר: הֲרֵי שְׁתֵּיכֶן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת לִי, אֵינָן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת וְאֵין שׁוּם אַחַת מֵהֶן צְרִיכָה גֵּט. וְאִם לֹא קִדֵּשׁ אֶלָּא אַחַת, וְלֹא פֵּרַשׁ אֵיזוֹ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁאָמַר לְאָב: אַחַת מִבְּנוֹתֶיךָ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, וְקִבֵּל הָאָב הַקִּדּוּשִׁין, אוֹ אִם שְׁתַּיִם אוֹ שָׁלשׁ אֲחָיוֹת עָשְׂתָה אַחַת מֵהֶן שָׁלִיחַ לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ לְקַבֵּל קִדּוּשֶׁיהָ, וְנָתַן בְּיָדָהּ, וְאָמַר לָהּ: אַחַת מִכֵּן מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, כֻּלָּן צְרִיכוֹת גֵּט מִמֶּנּוּ, וְאָסוּר לָבוֹא עַל שׁוּם אַחַת מֵהֶן, שֶׁמָּא הִיא אֲחוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ:
2 One who betroths two women at once, both of whom he is forbidden to betroth because of ervah (forbidden relationships), they are not betrothed. How so? As in the case of one who betrothed a woman and her daughter, or two sisters at once, who said: Behold you are both betrothed to me, they are not betrothed and neither one of them needs a get. But if he only betrothed one, and did not specify which, as [is the case if] he said to the father: One of your daughters is betrothed to me, and the father accepted the betrothal, or if two or three sisters made one of themselves an emissary for her counterpart to accept her betrothal, and he gave it into her hand and said to her: One of you is betrothed to me, they all require a get from him, and it is forbidden for him to have relations with any of them, lest she is the sister of his wife.
ג קִדֵּשׁ נָשִׁים רַבּוֹת כְּאַחַת, וְהָיוּ בָּהֶן שְׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת (אוֹ) אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ, אִם אָמַר: הָרְאוּיָה מִכֶּן לְבִיאָה מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, הֲרֵי כֻּלָּן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת לוֹ חוּץ מִשְּׁתֵּי אֲחָיוֹת אוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן. וְאִם אָמַר: כֻּלְּכֶן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת לִי, נָכְרִיּוֹת מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת וַאֲחָיוֹת אֵין מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת; וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁאַף נָכְרִיּוֹת אֵינָן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת, הִלְכָּךְ נָכְרִיּוֹת מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת מִסָפֵק. וְאִם אָמַר: אַחַת מִכֻּלְּכֶן מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, כֻּלָּן, בֵּין נָכְרִיּוֹת בֵּין אֲחָיוֹת, מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת מִסָפֵק:
3 If he betrothed many women at once, and there were among them two sisters (or) a woman and her daughter, if he said: Whoever among you is appropriate for relations [with me] is betrothed to me, they are all betrothed to him except for the two sisters or the woman and her daughter or the like. And if he said: You are all betrothed to me, those of no relation [to each other] are betrothed and sisters are not betrothed; and there are those who say that even those of no relation [to each other] are not betrothed, therefore those of no relation [to each other] are betrothed from doubt. And if he said: One of you is betrothed to me, all of them, whether of no relation or sisters, and betrothed from doubt.
ד אִם הָיְתָה בְּתוֹךְ הַנָּשִׁים שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ שִׁפְחָה אוֹ כּוּתִית, אוֹ שֶׁהִיא עֶרְוָה עָלָיו כְּגוֹן אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ אוֹ בִּתּוֹ אוֹ אֲחוֹתוֹ וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן, וְאָמַר: הָרְאוּיָה מִכֶּן לְבִיאָה מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, שְׁאָר נָשִׁים מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת. וְאִם אָמַר: כֻּלְּכֶן מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת לִי, שְׁאָר נָשִׁים מְקֻדָּשׁוֹת מִסָפֵק:
4 If there was among the women he betrothed a maidservant or a Cutite, or one who is a forbidden relation to him such as the wife of [another] man or his daughter or his sister or the like, and he said: Whichever of you is appropriate for relations [with me] is betrothed to me, the rest of the women and betrothed. And if he said: You are all betrothed to me, the rest of the women are betrothed from doubt.
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