A father is under no obligation to maintain his daughter. This exposition was made by R. Eleazar b. Azariah in the presence of the Sages in the vineyard of Jabneh: [since it was enacted that] the sons shall be heirs [to their mother`s Kethubah] and the daughters shall be maintained [out of their father`s estate, the two cases may be compared:] as the sons cannot be heirs except after the death of their father, so the daughters cannot claim maintenance except after the death of their father. |
כתובות 4.6 |
[If a husband] did not write a Kethubah for his wife she may recover two hundred zuz [if at marriage she was] a virgin, and one maneh [if she was then] a widow, because [the statutory Kethubah] is a condition laid down by Beth Din. If he assigned to her in writing a field that was worth one mane h instead of the two hundred zuz, and did not write in her favour, `all property that I possess is surety for your Kethubah`, he is nevertheless liable [for the full amount] because [the clause mentioned] is a condition laid down by Beth Din. |
כתובות 4.7 |
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