## Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition

###### Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition 432:1
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תלב. ומה שנוהגין לחזור ולקדש מי שקידש ע"י שליח נ"ל משום דמצוה בו יותר מבשלוחו מיהו רוב העולם אין נוהגין כן.

**Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947:**
The reason, for the custom to betroth again a wife whom one has betrothed through a messenger, is that a personal betrothal is the greater *Mitzvah*. However, the majority of the Jews do not follow this practice.
SOURCES: Pr. 432.