Rashi and the Tosafot Rii seem to differ on the reasoning why the Kiddushin is not chal in the case of chatzi isha bchetzi prutah vchatzi isha bchetzi prutah; Rashi is going on the fact that one can't marry half of a woman, and the Rii is going on the fact that one can't be koneh with half a prutah. I was wondering what triggered each to say it as they did, and if they hold of each others reasoning, since there ARE two tzdaddim to the case, & both have valid points. Lastly there seems to be a girsa change in the the Rii; "paskah lemiltah", as opposed to rashis "paskah." I'm wondering if this may have had something to do with how they formulated their pshat. (Maybe "paskah" implies; "assuming there isn't a problem of making a kinyan with less than a prutah, there's still the issue of marrying 2 halves of a woman," & "paskah lemiltah" implies; "forget the problem of marrying 2 halves of a woman, there isn't even a substantial amount of money to get a kinyan going.") Rav thank you so much for your time! -Gabriel M.

Rashi and the Tosafot Rii seem to differ on the reasoning why the Kiddushin is not chal in the case of chatzi isha bchetzi prutah vchatzi isha bchetzi prutah; Rashi is going on the fact that one can't marry half of a woman, and the Rii is going on the fact that one can't be koneh with half a prutah. I was wondering what triggered each to say it as they did, and if they hold of each others reasoning, since there ARE two tzdaddim to the case, & both have valid points. Lastly there seems to be a girsa change in the the Rii; "paskah lemiltah", as opposed to rashis "paskah." I'm wondering if this may have had something to do with how they formulated their pshat. (Maybe "paskah" implies; "assuming there isn't a problem of making a kinyan with less than a prutah, there's still the issue of marrying 2 halves of a woman," & "paskah lemiltah" implies; "forget the problem of marrying 2 halves of a woman, there isn't even a substantial amount of money to get a kinyan going.") Rav thank you so much for your time! -Gabriel M.