Se vendesse il suo kethubah [un manah, o due manah] o parte di esso; se avesse dato il suo kethubah o parte di esso come un impegno; se ha regalato la sua kethubah o parte di essa a un altro come regalo, può vendere il resto [l'aggiunta] solo nel beth-din. [La nostra Mishnah è in accordo con R. Shimon, il quale afferma che non può venderlo al di fuori del bet-din tranne che per il cibo. E questo, dal momento che ha raccolto parte della sua kethubah non riceve cibo (dalla proprietà rimanente).] E i saggi dicono: Può vendere (la sua kethubah) anche quattro o cinque volte [ad esempio, a rate, nonostante può vendere (la sua kethubah) anche quattro o cinque volte [ad esempio, a rate, nonostante possa vendere (proprietà) negli intervalli per il cibo, non avendo perso il suo obbligo di essere nutrito sebbene abbia raccolto parte della sua kethubah. ] E vende (proprietà) per il cibo non prima del beth-din, e scrive [nella fattura di vendita]: "L'ho venduto per il cibo." E una divorziata può vendere (la sua kethubah) solo prima del beth-din. [Per la ragione i rabbini hanno detto che una vedova sia del fidanzamento che del matrimonio vende la sua kethubah non prima del beth-din è che un uomo non desidera che sua moglie si prosciughi nel beth-din. Ma dal momento che questa donna è divorziata, non è preoccupato al riguardo. L'halachah è in accordo con i saggi, secondo cui una donna vende sia (per raccogliere) la sua kethubah che per il cibo, non prima di un beth-din di esperti. E anche se una parte della sua kethubah fosse ricevuta, può vendere (proprietà) per il cibo, fino a quando non riceve (la quantità di) tutta la sua kethubah. E quando vende, sia per kethubah che per cibo, richiede un giuramento, ma non un annuncio (della vendita).]
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מכרה כתובתה – a Maneh [out of] two hundred,
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Introduction
The first section of this mishnah is a continuation of Rabbi Shimon’s statement from yesterday’s mishnah. Rabbi Shimon limited the ability of a woman to sell her husband’s estate without permission from a court.
The remainder of the mishnah discusses other situations where a woman might have to sell her husband’s property in order to collect her ketubah or to provide maintenance for herself.
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she cannot sell the rest. The supplement [is not sold] other than in a Jewish court, and our Mishnah is according to Rabbi Shimon who said: she does not sell when not in a Jewish court other than for food, and this, since she has collected part of her Ketubah settlement, she lacks food/support.
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[A widow who] sold her ketubah or part of it; or pledged her ketubah or part of it; or gave it away to someone else or part of it, may not sell [her husband’s property] in order to receive the remainder of her ketubah except with [the permission of] a court. Rabbi Shimon holds that if in some way a woman has used up part of her ketubah, either by selling or giving it or part of it away, or by using it as collateral for a loan, she may not sell her husband’s property in order to collect the remainder without the permission of a court. This is because Rabbi Shimon holds that a woman who has already sold, given away or pledged even part of her ketubah, no longer receives maintenance from her husband’s estate and anyone who does not receive maintenance from her husband’s estate cannot sell except with the permission of a court.
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וחכמים אומרים מוכרת – for the Ketubah even for periods of time and even though this is the case, she sells it in the meanwhile for food/support that she has not lost her support/food and even though she collected part of her Ketubah settlement.
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But the Sages say: she may sell [the land pledged for her kethubah] even in four or five installments. And [meanwhile] she may sell [of her husband’s estate to provide] for her maintenance without [the permission of] the court, and she writes, “I sold [the land to provide] for my maintenance”. The Sages hold that a woman can sell her husband’s property even in stages and that this does not cause her to lose her right to collect maintenance. If after she has sold part of the estate to collect her ketubah, she wants to sell part of the estate to provide maintenance for herself, she should write in the document that she sold this to collect maintenance. Then the proceeds of such a sale will not count as part of her ketubah. Note that this gives her a great deal of leeway; she can sell most of the ketubah and still receive maintenance money.
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וכותבת – in the document of sale that I sold them for food/support.
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A divorced woman must not sell [her husband’s property] except with [the permission of] the court. Although according to the Sages a widow may always sell her husband’s property in order to collect her ketubah, and she never needs the permission of a court, the divorcee always needs the permission of a court. The reason why a widow does not have to appear before the court is that we assume that the husband would not have wanted his widow to have to do so, for it is somewhat embarrassing to have to go to court to get money to pay for basic needs. However, a man who divorces his wife does not care if she is embarrassed to go to court. Therefore, if she wishes to collect her ketubah, she needs the court’s permission.
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וגרושה לא תמכור – her Ketubah other than before a Jewish court. What is the reason? The Rabbis stated that a widow whether from betrothal or from marriage sells not in the presence of a Jewish court because no man wants that his wife should be despised in a Jewish court and this is the case since she is a divorcee and he doesn’t care, but the Halakha is according to the Sages that a woman sells whether for her Ketubah settlement or for food/support not in the presence of the Jewish court of specialists and even if she had received part of her Ketubah settlement, she sells for food/support until she receives all of her Ketubah settlement and when she sells, whether for her Ketubah or for food/support, she needs an oath and does not require announcement.
