More opinions are brought who hold that one can acquire davar shela ba l’olam – something not is existence at the time. A mishna is brought about one who betroths a woman conditioned upon doing something of monetary value for her. There is a discussion in the gemara about whether the mishna is a standard case of conditional betrothal and it is a case where he also gave her an object of monetary value or is the betrothal through the value of the work he promised to do. The mishna discusses what happens if one conditions the betrothal on his father’s consent. Cases are brought where the father or the daughter say they are betrothed but don’t remember to whom. What is the difference between the two cases?
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