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Why isn't it considered mekach tos when a man marries assuming the woman is a besulah and discovers she's actually a beulah? The shiur develops a fundamental yesod that kesubah money is not a purchase price for the woman but payment for the relationship itself. Since sharei konsa rishon creates the same quality relationship regardless of her status, there's no basis for claiming mekach tos.
The shiur analyzes a complex sugya in Kesubos examining when a marriage might be considered mekach tos (a mistaken transaction). The Mishna states that if a woman was besulah min hanesuin (a virgin from her first marriage) but is found to be a beulah, she still receives a kesubah of one hundred zuz. This creates a fundamental question: why isn't this considered mekach tos if the husband married her assuming she was a besulah? The Gemara (גמרא) presents a machloket between Rava and Rav Ashi. According to Rava, konsa bechezkas besulah v'nimtza beulah still receives one hundred zuz because there are witnesses (eidim) that she never went into seclusion (yichud) during her first marriage. However, this position faces the Ran's famous difficulty against the Rambam (רמב"ם): if chuppah requires yichud (according to the Rambam's shitah), then 'lo nistara' means there was never a valid chuppah in the first place.
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Kesubos 12a
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