Se ela vendesse seu kethubah [um manah, ou dois manah] ou uma parte dele; se ela lhe desse kethubah ou parte dela como penhor; se ela deu o cetubá ou parte dele a outro como presente, ela pode vender o restante [a adição] somente em beth-din. [Nossa Mishnah está de acordo com R. Shimon, que diz que ela não pode vendê-la fora de beth-din, exceto por comida. E este, uma vez que ela colecionou parte de seu kethubah não recebe comida (da propriedade restante).] E os sábios dizem: Ela pode vender (seu kethubah) até quatro ou cinco vezes [isto é, em prestações, apesar de que ela pode vender (sua kethubah) até quatro ou cinco vezes [isto é, em parcelas, apesar das quais ela pode vender (propriedades) nos intervalos de comida, não tendo perdido sua obrigação de ser alimentada, apesar de ter coletado parte de sua kethubah. ] E ela vende (propriedade) por comida não antes de beth-din e escreve [na nota de venda]: "Eu a vendi por comida". E um divorciado pode vender (seu kethubah) somente antes de beth-din. [Pelo motivo de os rabinos terem dito que uma viúva do noivado e do casamento a vende kethubah antes de beth-din é que um homem não deseja que sua esposa seja humilhada em beth-din. Mas como essa mulher é divorciada, ele não fica apreensivo a esse respeito. A halachá está de acordo com os sábios, que uma mulher vende tanto (para coletar) sua cetá e como comida, e não diante de um grupo de especialistas. E mesmo se parte de seu kethubah foi recebida, ela pode vender (propriedade) por comida, até receber (a quantidade de) todo o seu kethubah. E quando ela vende, por cetá ou por comida, ela exige um juramento, mas não uma proclamação (da venda).]
Bartenura on Mishnah Ketubot
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.
