Commentary for Ketubot 8:4

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מְקוֹם שֶׁיָּפֶה כֹחוֹ בִכְנִיסָתָהּ, הוּרַע כֹּחוֹ בִיצִיאָתָהּ. מְקוֹם שֶׁהוּרַע כֹּחוֹ בִכְנִיסָתָהּ, יָפֶה כֹחוֹ בִיצִיאָתָהּ. פֵּרוֹת הַמְחֻבָּרִין לַקַּרְקַע, בִּכְנִיסָתָהּ שֶׁלּוֹ וּבִיצִיאָתָהּ שֶׁלָּהּ. וְהַתְּלוּשִׁין מִן הַקַּרְקַע, בִּכְנִיסָתָהּ שֶׁלָּהּ וּבִיצִיאָתָהּ שֶׁלּוֹ:

R. Shimon says: The place where his strength is superior when she enters, his strength is inferior when she leaves [if he comes to divorce her]; and the place where his strength is inferior when she enters, his strength is superior when she leaves. Fruits connected to the land are his when she enters [That is, when the land falls to her, they are his, as per the sages.], and when she goes out, they are hers. And what is torn from the land — when she comes in they are hers, and when she goes out, they are his. [The sages and R. Shimon will differ in regard to fruits connected to the land when she leaves, the sages not speaking of them. They do not agree with R. Shimon that when she leaves they are hers, holding that what grows in his domain is his. The halachah is in accordance with R. Shimon.]

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