[Avodah] a woman as a sheliha to mekadesh a bride?

[Elazar M. Teitz]

     Sh'lichus for kiddushin is derived from sh'lichus for gittin (Kiddushin 41a), by virtue of the hekeish "v'yatz'a v'hay'sa."  It is explicit in the mishna that a woman can be a shaliach to deliver a get to another woman (Gittin 23b).  Ergo, she can be a shaliach to be m'kadeish.

     (I use the term "shaliach" for a woman, rather than "sh'licha," because the g'mara does: "di'amar lah havi at shaliach." (Gittin 24a).  Apparently, it is the position, rather than the person, that is referred to, and the position is "shaliach," be it filled by male or female.)

EMT

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