Kesubos 101b

כתובות ק״א ע״ב

Ketubot 101b

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Topic

An unfaithful wife's worn items, the כתובה of an אילונית and of a widow married to a כהן גדול, and the new chapter on a husband's promise to feed his wife's daughter

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a line about a wife keeping her own worn items (בלאות) that still exist. A תנא recites a ברייתא saying an unfaithful wife loses them. רב נחמן objects that her clothes did not sin and corrects the wording, while רבי יוחנן says that ברייתא is only the view of רבי מנחם סתימתאה. Next, רב הונא says an אילונית gets a כתובה only if the husband knew about her condition, but a widow married to a כהן גדול gets one either way. רב יהודה says the widow also needs the husband to have known. Two ברייתות refute רב הונא, and the גמרא explains how the wording of the משנה misled him. The chapter אלמנה ניזונת then ends, and a new chapter opens with a משנה about a husband who promised to feed his wife's daughter for five years. That promise works like a real debt: it binds a second husband too, survives divorce, and can even be collected from property he sold. The גמרא brings a dispute between רבי יוחנן and ריש לקיש about someone who wrote 'I owe you a מנה' in a שטר with no witnesses. It then starts to test that dispute against our משנה.

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The steps (25)

1. StatementEnd of the line about her existing worn items
2. StatementA ברייתא says an unfaithful wife loses her worn items
3. Challengeרב נחמן objects that her clothes did not sin
4. Resolutionרב נחמן changes the wording to 'she does not lose'
5. Statementרבי יוחנן says the ברייתא follows רבי מנחם סתימתאה
6. StatementThe גמרא quotes the משנה about marrying an אילונית knowingly
7. Statementרב הונא: an אילונית is partly a wife, a widow is a full wife
8. Statementרב הונא spells out his rule: knowing matters for an אילונית but not for a widow
9. Statementרב יהודה: the widow is also judged by whether he knew
10. ChallengeA ברייתא seems to say an unspecified marriage gives no כתובה
11. ResolutionRead the inference differently: only 'assumed she was fine' loses the כתובה
12. ChallengeThe earlier defense of רב הונא does not hold up
13. ChallengeA ברייתא says it outright: no כתובה when nothing was said
14. ConclusionHow רב הונא misread the משנה
15. ConclusionHadran — Closing אלמנה ניזונת
16. StatementA husband who agreed to feed his wife's daughter must do so
17. StatementA second husband who makes the same deal is also fully bound
18. StatementThe two husbands cannot share one portion of food
19. StatementIf the daughter marries, both men still pay
20. StatementAfter the men die, she collects like a creditor
21. StatementClever husbands limited the promise
22. StatementDispute over saying 'I owe you a מנה'
23. QuestionWhat exactly is the case?
24. ResponseThe case is an admission written in a שטר without witnesses
25. ChallengeDoes the משנה about feeding the stepdaughter prove רבי יוחנן right?