Kesubos 66a

כתובות ס״ו ע״א

Ketubot 66a

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Topic

A wife's finds and surplus work, the husband's share in her בושת payment, and how a dowry is recorded in the כתובה

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a challenge. If רבי עקיבא gives a wife the surplus of her handiwork, he should surely give her the things she finds. The גמרא answers by reversing the opinions, so רבי עקיבא gives her the find. רב פפא then explains that a find is like surplus produced through strain, which is exactly where רבי עקיבא and the רבנן disagree. Questions about a wife doing several tasks at once end with תיקו. Next, the גמרא asks why רבי יהודה בן בתירא lets a husband share in his wife's בושת payment. Through the examples of a horse, a garment and a noble family, it concludes that a wife counts as her husband's own self. A new משנה follows. A father-in-law need not give a pledged dowry to his dead son-in-law's brother. The same משנה then explains how a wife's dowry is recorded in the כתובה: cash is written higher, and appraised goods are written one-fifth lower.

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The steps (19)

1. ChallengeIf surplus belongs to her, her finds surely should
2. ProofSource showing רבי עקיבא gives surplus to the wife
3. ResolutionReverse the opinions
4. Challengeרבי יוחנן limits רבי עקיבא's view on surplus
5. ResolutionA find is like surplus produced through strain
6. QuestionTwo tasks done at the same time
7. QuestionThree or four tasks done at the same time
8. ConclusionThe questions stay unresolved
9. ChallengeWould humiliating someone's horse require a humiliation payment?
10. RejectionA horse cannot feel humiliation
11. ChallengeWould spitting on someone's clothing require a humiliation payment?
12. ProofA משנה shows that spitting on a garment earns no payment
13. ResolutionA wife's shame disgraces her husband, a garment's does not
14. ChallengeWould a whole noble family collect for one relative's shame?
15. ResolutionA wife is like her husband's own self
16. StatementNew משנה: A dowry pledge does not pass to the groom's brother
17. StatementCash dowry gets written higher, appraised goods get written one-fifth lower
18. StatementWhen the appraisal matches the true value
19. StatementNumber examples of the one-fifth rule