Si l'on épouse sa fille sans préciser [combien il lui donnera], il ne peut pas lui donner moins de cinquante zuz. S'il stipulait de l'épouser «nue», le mari ne peut pas dire: «Quand je la ramènerai chez moi, je la vêtirai de mes vêtements» (c'est-à-dire des vêtements que je lui fournirai), mais il doit la vêtir pendant qu'elle est encore dans la maison de son père. De même, celui [c'est-à-dire le surveillant de charité] qui épouse un orphelin ne peut lui donner moins de cinquante zuz. S'il y a (des fonds) dans la «poche» (de la charité), ils la fournissent conformément à son honneur.
Tosefta Ketubot
A man who dies and leaves sons and daughters, when the property is large, the sons inherit and the daughters are fed and supported. How do the sons inherit? They [the court] don't say: "If their father were still alive, he would have given them X"—rather, they see each one as if he were their still living father [at the same social status], and pay them. How are the daughters fed and supported? They don't say: "If their father were still alive, he would have given them X"—rather, they see them as they are [now in social status] and so how much they need support, and pay them. Rabbi says: Each of [the daughters] takes a tenth of the property. Rabbi Yehudah says: If he married off his first daughter [with a certain dowry], he has to give to the second like what he gave to the first. They said to him: There are those who marry off their daughter and receive money, and those who marry off their daughter and pay after her money. And so Rabbi Yehudah used to say: One who marries off his daughter without explicit [stipulation of a dowry], he should not give her less than 5 selaim, for in the old days that was enough to buy for her everything she needs.
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Tosefta Ketubot
One who marries off his daughter and agrees with his son-in-law that he should stand naked [in order to ensure that he is able to] dress her [i.e. that she has clothes to wear], they do not say: "He should stand naked and dress her", but rather he is covered as is appropriate for her. And so too when they marry off a fatherless girl, they should not reduce for her below 50 zuz; but if there is enough in the [charity] pocket (i.e. fund), they should finance her according to her honour.
