Kesubos 95a

כתובות צ״ה ע״א

Ketubot 95a

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Topic

Two wives' כתובה claims in a circle, the wife's 'I only did it to please my husband' excuse, and whether a creditor may take sold land when the free land is blighted

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a story about two deeds dated in ניסן. רב יוסף shows a man why a document to collect only from אייר onward will not work, and the fix is that the two deed holders write each other a הרשאה. Then a new משנה teaches that when a man with two wives sells a field and only the first wife waives her claim to the buyer, the claims go around in a circle until they make a פשרה. The גמרא asks how a bare waiver can work, and answers that she backed it with a קנין. It then asks why she cannot say 'I only did it to please my husband,' as a משנה in גיטין allows. רב חסדא, רב פפא and רב אשי each give a different way to fit the two משניות together. A new question follows: if the debtor's free land gets blighted, may a creditor take land he already sold? The גמרא tries to prove the answer from רבי מאיר's ruling and from רבא's ברייתא about 'I left you a place to collect from.' It rejects the proof, because there the person lost his rights by his own action. The amud ends as רב יימר begins to speak to רב אשי, and his words come on the next amud.

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The steps (22)

1. Rejectionרב יוסף turns down a request to collect only from אייר onward
2. QuestionSo how can this man fix his problem?
3. ResponseThe fix: they write each other a power of attorney
4. StatementTwo wives, a sold field, and an endless circle
5. StatementThe same rule for creditors
6. ChallengeDoes saying 'I have no dealings' even count?
7. ResolutionAnswer: she backed her words with a קנין
8. ChallengeEven with a formal acquisition, she can say she only wanted to please her husband
9. ResolutionThe two משניות follow different תנאים
10. ProofThe ברייתא where רבי מאיר and רבי יהודה argue
11. ChallengeWould רבי really split the anonymous משניות between two opinions?
12. Resolutionרב פפא: the משנה is about a divorced woman
13. Resolutionרב אשי: everything follows רבי מאיר, who only applies his rule with two buyers
14. StatementNew topic: a creditor collects from unsold land first
15. QuestionWhat if the free land gets ruined?
16. ProofQuoting רבי מאיר's ruling about a wife who signed for only the second buyer
17. ProofThe proof: she should at least collect from the first buyer
18. Rejectionרב נחמן בר יצחק: she lost only her rights against the second buyer
19. Challengeרבא's first answer: 'lost' means lost completely
20. Proofרבא's second answer: a ברייתא about a creditor who waived his claim against the second buyer
21. RejectionThere he lost out by his own action
22. Statementרב יימר begins speaking to רב אשי