Kesubos 80b

כתובות פ׳ ע״ב

Ketubot 80b

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Topic

A husband selling the produce of his wife's land, and the property and כתובה rights of a שומרת יבם

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a question: may a husband sell the produce of his wife's land, given that the Rabbis gave him that produce only for רווח ביתא, the benefit of the household? Two students report opposite rulings in רבא's name. רב פפא shows that the report saying the sale works was only guessed from a story about a maidservant, and that guess is rejected. The הלכה is that such a sale does nothing. אביי says this protects the land from being ruined, and רבא says it is because the household gains nothing. The גמרא then gives cases where their two reasons lead to different results. Next comes a new משנה about a שומרת יבם: her property, who inherits from her if she dies, what happens to her dead husband's money and produce, and how her כתובה works after יבום. The גמרא begins by asking who must pay to bury a שומרת יבם who died. רב עמרם starts to answer from a ברייתא, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (22)

1. QuestionWas the husband given the produce only for the household's benefit?
2. ResponseTwo opposite reports of רבא's ruling
3. Rejectionרב פפא: the 'sale works' report was only inferred
4. ProofThe story of the two maidservants
5. RejectionThe inference was wrong: the household still benefits
6. ConclusionThe הלכה: the sale does nothing
7. QuestionWhat is the reason?
8. Responseאביי: the land may be ruined; רבא: the household gains nothing
9. QuestionWhat is the practical difference between the two reasons?
10. ResponseThree cases where אביי and רבא would rule differently
11. StatementNew משנה: a שומרת יבם may sell property she inherits
12. StatementIf she dies: who gets her כתובה and her property
13. StatementMoney or picked produce left by the brother is used to buy land
14. Statementרבי מאיר: The value of attached produce is used to buy land
15. StatementThe Sages: Attached produce belongs to the יבם, and picked produce goes to whoever takes it first
16. StatementOnce the יבם marries her, she is his full wife, but her כתובה stays tied to the first husband's property
17. StatementThe יבם may not set aside cash for her כתובה; all the property stays as a guarantee
18. StatementThe same rule applies to every husband
19. StatementIf the יבם divorces her, she gets only her כתובה
20. StatementIf he remarries her, she is like any other wife
21. QuestionWho pays to bury a widow waiting for יבום?
22. Proofרב עמרם starts to bring a ברייתא as an answer