Commentary for Yevamot 138:3

תמן תנינן ר' יודה בר אבא העיד חמשה דברים שממאנין את הקטנות. ועל עדות חולקין. על עיקר עדות חולקין כך היתה עיקר עדותן. בית שמאי אומרים אין ממאנין אלא ארוסות ובית הלל אומרים ארוסות ונשואות. וקשיא על דבית הלל נישואין התירה וזכאי במציאתה ובמעשה ידיה ובהפרת נדריה כאשתו לכל דבר ואת אמר הכין.

What is the reasoning of Beit Shammai? That the holiness of the day causes the wine that comes, and he is already obligated to say the Kiddush of the (holy) day before the wine even arrives. What is the reasoning of Beit Hillel? That the wine causes [one to say] the Kiddush of the day, as has been said. And another reason: The wine is commonplace and Kiddush is less commonplace. Rabbi Yosi says: [When] they say the two [blessings], [the blessing over] wine and Havdalah, the [blessing over] wine comes first. This undermines the entire reasoning of Beit Shammai: [In our case] the holiness (or Kiddush) of the day does not cause the wine, [but in R. Yosi's case] Havdalah does cause the wine that comes [and yet] the wine goes first. The only reason for Beit Hillel's position is that the wine is commonplace and the Kiddush is less commonplace. [It is like R. Yosi's case] since the wine is commonplace and Havdalah is less commonplace [and yet] the wine goes first. Rabbi Mana says: Say the two of them, wine and Havdalah, saying Havdalah first. The only reasoning for Beit Shammai is that one is already obligated in Kiddush even before the wine comes. That is like here [in Rabbi Mana's case] since one is obligated in Havdalah even before the wine comes, and Havdalah should come first. The only reasoning for Beit Hillel is that the wine causes the Kiddush to be said. Likewise, here [in Rabbi Mana's case] the wine causes Havdalah to be said but Havdalah still should come first. Rabbi Zeira says: When we say the two of them, Havdalah can be said without wine but Kiddush can only be said with wine... Then vegetables] would be set before him. He dips the lettuce until he reaches that which accompanies the [matsa. Then] matsa, lettuce, charoset [a sweet mixture of fruits and spices eaten with the bitter herbs], and two cooked foods would be set before him, even though

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