## Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition

###### Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition 133:1
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קלג. המקדש בע"א אין חוששין לקידושין (קדושין ס"ה ע"ב) ולא בעי גט מדקאמר אין חוששי' וכי תימא נצריכה גט לחומרא נמצא אתה פוסלה לכהונה ואי משום [קלא] דקמי נישואין קול ושוברו עמו אבל [אי] מעיקרא נפקא עלה קלא דקדושין גמורי' ואחר זמן נודע דלא קדשה אלא בע"א אי לא מבטלי' קלא צריכה גט כרב ששת [גיטין פ"ט ע"א) דהלכתא כותי' באיסורא אמנם רבי' אבי"ה פסק כרב וכרבי יוחנן בהירושלמי דמבטלי' קלא. ושלום.

**Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947:**
The betrothal of a woman in the presence of a single witness, is void. We do not require that she receive a divorce, for the mere sake of strictness, since such an act would bar her from marrying a person of priestly lineage. Nor are we apprehensive of a spreading report to the effect that the woman was betrothed, since such report would also include the information that the betrothal took place in the presence of a single witness, thus automatically nullifying the effect of the report. If it was originally reported, however, that a bona fide betrothal took place, and later it became known that the betrothal took place in the presence of a single witness, a divorce would be required, if we did not deliberately cancel false reports. Rabiah, however, ruled that we should cancel false reports.
SOURCES: Pr. 133; Mord. Kid. 537; ibid. 548; Tesh. Maim. to *Nashim* 2; Rashba I, 856.