Related%20passage for Ketubot 11:3

מָכְרָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ, מִשְׁכְּנָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ, נָתְנָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ לְאַחֵר אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ, לֹא תִמְכֹּר אֶת הַשְּׁאָר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, מוֹכֶרֶת הִיא אֲפִלּוּ אַרְבָּעָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה פְעָמִים, וּמוֹכֶרֶת לִמְזוֹנוֹת שֶׁלֹּא בְּבֵית דִּין, וְכוֹתֶבֶת, לִמְזוֹנוֹת מָכָרְתִּי. וּגְרוּשָׁה לֹא תִמְכֹּר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין:

If she sold her kethubah [a manah, or two manah] or a part of it; if she gave her kethubah or part of it as a pledge; if she gave her kethubah or part of it to another as a gift, she may sell the rest [the addition] only in beth-din. [Our Mishnah is in accordance with R. Shimon, who says that she may not sell it outside of beth-din except for food. And this one, since she collected part of her kethubah receives no food (from the remaining property).] And the sages say: She can sell (her kethubah) even four or five times [i.e., in installments, in spite of which she can sell (her kethubah) even four or five times [i.e., in installments, in spite of which she can sell (property) in the intervals for food, not having lost her obligation to be fed though she has collected part of her kethubah. ] And she sells (property) for food not before beth-din, and writes [in the bill of sale]: "I sold it for food." And a divorcée may sell (her kethubah) only before beth-din. [For the reason the rabbis said that a widow both from betrothal and from marriage sells her kethubah not before beth-din is that a man does not wish his wife to be demeaned in beth-din. But since this woman is a divorcée, he is not apprehensive in that regard. The halachah is in accordance with the sages, that a woman sells both (to collect) her kethubah and for food, not before a beth-din of experts. And even if part of her kethubah were received, she can sell (property) for food, until she receives (the amount of) all of her kethubah. And when she sells, either for kethubah or for food, she requires an oath, but not proclamation (of the sale).]

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