195 | the Wedding ring the editor discusses this text, which he dates to the early eighth century p . 30 ) and determines it to be Palestinian, perhaps from tiberias ( pp . 30 - 32 ) , ( explaining that kiddushin gemurin means that even if the groom did not state that he was handing over the ring for the purposes of marriage, nonetheless, the bride’s acceptance of the ring constituted a valid marrying precedence ibid . pp . 139 - 140 ) . and this, he explains, is because in Eretz Yisrael it was the ( accepted practice to marry with a ring . the Babylonians, on the other hand, who were not accustomed to this procedure would not regard the handing over of a ring as a binding marriage practice . 2 He further explains that during the Gaonic period, in Babylonia the father generally received the wedding money, as the daughter’s marriage was at an early age , while in Eretz Yisrael, where girls were married off at a later age, 3 the bride herself received the marital offering, a ring being a...
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