[A widow who] sold her Kethubah or part of it, or pledged it or part of it, or presented it or part of it, to a stranger, may not sell the residue [of her deceased husband`s estate] except with (the sanction of] Beth Din. The Sages, however, ruled: she may sell [the land pledged for her Kethubah] even in four or five instalments and [in the meantime] she may sell [of her husband`s estate to provide] for her maintenance without [the sanction of] Beth Din, entering, [however, in the deed of sale,] `I sold [the land to provide] for my maintenance`. A divorced woman, however, must not sell [such property] except with [the sanction of] Beth Din. |
כתובות 11.3 |
If a widow whose Kethubah was for two hundred zuz sold [a plot of land that was] worth a maneh for two hundred zuz or one that was worth two hundred zuz for one maneh, Her Kethubah is deemed to have been thereby settled. If her Kethubah, however, was for one maneh, and she sold [land that was] worth a maneh and a denar` for one maneh, Her sale is void. Even though she declared, I will return the denar to the heirs` Her sale is void. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel ruled: Her sale is always valid unless there was [so much land] there as would have enabled her to leave from a field an area of nine Kab, and from a garden that of half a Kab or, according to R. Akiba, a quarter of a Kab. If her Kethubah was for four hundred zuz and she sold [plots of land] to [three] persons, to each for one maneh, and to a Fourth [she sold] what was worth a mane hand a denar for one maneh, [the sale] to the last person is void but [the sales] of all the others are valid. |
כתובות 11.4 |
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