Halakhah for Ketubot 4:6

הָאָב אֵינוֹ חַיָּב בִּמְזוֹנוֹת בִּתּוֹ. זֶה מִדְרָשׁ דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה לִפְנֵי חֲכָמִים בַּכֶּרֶם בְּיַבְנֶה, הַבָּנִים יִירְשׁוּ וְהַבָּנוֹת יִזּוֹנוּ, מָה הַבָּנִים אֵינָן יוֹרְשִׁין אֶלָּא לְאַחַר מִיתַת הָאָב, אַף הַבָּנוֹת אֵינָן נִזּוֹנוֹת אֶלָּא לְאַחַר מִיתַת אֲבִיהֶן:

If he did not write her a kethubah, a virgin claims two manah, and a widow, a manah, because it is a condition of beth-din. If he wrote her (in her kethubah) a field worth a manah (one hundred zuz) instead of two hundred zuz, and he did not write her: "All of my property is collateral for your kethubah, [(for he cannot say: You are to receive only the field mentioned in your kethubah)], he is liable (for such collateral), this being a condition of beth-din.

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