## Ketubot Daf 98a

###### Ketubot 98a:1
[Ketubot 98a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:1)

״בִּבְתוּלֶיהָ״ — שֶׁיְּהוּ כׇּל בְּתוּלֶיהָ קָיְימִין, בֵּין בִּכְדַרְכָּהּ בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא כְּדַרְכָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
When the verse states **“in her virginity,”** the intent is **that her** sign of **virginity should be fully intact,** with her not having engaged in sexual intercourse of any kind, **whether in the typical manner or through atypical** sexual intercourse. Therefore, this dispute is not relevant to the dispute with regard to whether part of the money can be considered akin to all of the money.


###### Ketubot 98a:2
[Ketubot 98a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:2)

הָהִיא אִיתְּתָא דִּתְפַסָה כָּסָא דְכַסְפָּא בִּכְתוּבְּתַהּ, קָתָבְעָה מְזוֹנֵי. אֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא. אֲמַר לְהוּ לְיַתְמֵי: זִילוּ הַבוּ לַהּ מְזוֹנוֹת, לֵית דְּחָשׁ לְהָא דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, דְּאָמַר: לָא אָמְרִינַן מִקְצָת כֶּסֶף כְּכׇל כֶּסֶף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara relates: There was **a certain woman who seized a silver cup** as partial payment of **her marriage contract** and who also **demanded sustenance. She came before Rava** for judgment. **He said to the orphans: Go and give her sustenance,** as there are **none who are concerned about the** ruling **of Rabbi Shimon, who said** that **we do not say that part of the money** has a status **like the entire** sum of **money.**


###### Ketubot 98a:3
[Ketubot 98a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:3)

שְׁלַח לֵיהּ רַבָּה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב יוֹסֵף: מוֹכֶרֶת שֶׁלֹּא בְּבֵית דִּין צְרִיכָה שְׁבוּעָה, אוֹ אֵין צְרִיכָה שְׁבוּעָה? וְתִבְּעֵי לָךְ הַכְרָזָה?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabba, son of Rava, sent** this question **to Rav Yosef:** Does a woman who **sells** her late husband’s property **when not in court need** to take **an oath** that she has not taken more than she deserves, **or does she not need** to take **an oath?** Rav Yosef replied to him: **But you should have raised the dilemma** if prior to the sale she needs to make **a public announcement** in order to properly assess the value of the property.


###### Ketubot 98a:4
[Ketubot 98a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:4)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַכְרָזָה לָא קָמִיבַּעְיָא לִי, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: אַלְמָנָה שֶׁשָּׁמָה לְעַצְמָהּ — לֹא עָשְׂתָה וְלֹא כְּלוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He said to him** in response: **I am not raising the dilemma** as to whether there needs to be **a public announcement, as Rabbi Zeira said** that **Rav Naḥman said: A widow who assessed** the property **for herself** and took from the property according to her own calculation **has accomplished nothing.**


###### Ketubot 98a:5
[Ketubot 98a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:5)

הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאַכְרוּז — אַמַּאי לֹא עָשְׂתָה וְלֹא כְּלוּם? אֶלָּא לָאו, דְּלָא אַכְרוּז, וּלְעַצְמָהּ הוּא דְּלֹא עָשְׂתָה וְלֹא כְּלוּם, הָא לְאַחֵר — מַה שֶּׁעָשְׂתָה עָשְׂתָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Now **what are the circumstances** here? **If they publicly announced** that this property was for sale and arrived at an agreed upon assessment of its value, **why** is it that **she has accomplished nothing?** The same *halakha* that applies to any purchaser should apply to her. **Rather, is it not that no public announcement was made; and** doesn’t this teach that if she took it **for herself, she has accomplished nothing,** but if she sold it **to someone else,** then **her action is effective,** despite there not being any public announcement?


###### Ketubot 98a:6
[Ketubot 98a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:6)

לְעוֹלָם דְּאַכְרוּז, וּדְאָמְרִי לַהּ: מַאן שָׁם לִיךְ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this: **Actually,** this is a case **where they made a public announcement and where they said to her: Who assessed** this **for you?** Although the sale was conducted publicly, there was still no assessment of the property value.


###### Ketubot 98a:7
[Ketubot 98a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:7)

כִּי הַאי דְּהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּאַפְקִידוּ גַּבֵּיהּ כִּיסְתָּא דְיַתְמֵי. אֲזַל, שָׁמַהּ לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ בְּאַרְבַּע מְאָה זוּזֵי. אִיַּיקַּר קָם בְּשֵׁית מְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
That case **is similar to this** incident **of a certain man with whom** someone **had deposited coral belonging to orphans. He went** and **assessed** the value of the coral **for himself at four hundred dinars** and then took it for himself. The coral **appreciated** in value and its value now **stood** at **six hundred dinars.**


###### Ketubot 98a:8
[Ketubot 98a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:8)

אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי אַמֵּי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאן שָׁם לָךְ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He came before Rabbi Ammi** to determine whether the profit belonged to the orphans or to him. Rabbi Ammi **said to him: Who assessed this for you?** Since you never had it assessed, neither the court nor the orphans sold it to you. Therefore, you never acquired the coral, and it remained in the possession of the orphans and the profit is theirs.


###### Ketubot 98a:9
[Ketubot 98a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:9)

וְהִלְכְתָא: צְרִיכָה שְׁבוּעָה וְאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה הַכְרָזָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara concludes: **And the *halakha*** is that **she is required** to take **an oath, but she is not required** to make **a public announcement.**


###### Ketubot 98a:10
[Ketubot 98a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:10)

**מַתְנִי׳** אַלְמָנָה שֶׁהָיְתָה כְּתוּבָּתָהּ מָאתַיִם, וּמָכְרָה שָׁוֶה מָנֶה בְּמָאתַיִם, אוֹ שָׁוֶה מָאתַיִם בְּמָנֶה — נִתְקַבְּלָה כְּתוּבָּתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of **a widow whose marriage contract was** worth **two hundred** dinars **and she sold** property that was **worth one hundred dinars for two hundred** dinars, **or** if she sold property **worth two hundred** dinars **for one hundred dinars, she has received** payment of **her marriage contract** and can demand nothing more.


###### Ketubot 98a:11
[Ketubot 98a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:11)

הָיְתָה כְּתוּבָּתָהּ מָנֶה, וּמָכְרָה שָׁוֶה מָנֶה וְדִינָר בְּמָנֶה — מִכְרָהּ בָּטֵל. אֲפִילּוּ הִיא אוֹמֶרֶת אַחְזִיר דִּינָר לַיּוֹרְשִׁין — מָכְרָה בָּטֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **her marriage contract was** worth **one hundred dinars and she sold** property **worth one hundred dinars and a dinar for one hundred dinars, the sale is void** because she sold property that did not belong to her. **Even** if **she says: I will return** the additional **dinar to the heirs,** the **sale is** nevertheless **void.**


###### Ketubot 98a:12
[Ketubot 98a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:12)

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: לְעוֹלָם מִכְרָהּ קַיָּים, עַד שֶׁתְּהֵא שָׁם כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּשַׁיֵּיר בְּשָׂדֶה — בַּת תִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין, וּבְגִנָּה — בַּת חֲצִי קַב, וּכְדִבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא — בֵּית רוֹבַע.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Actually, the sale is valid.** It is not considered an invalid sale **until there is** an error so extreme that had there been no mistake, **there would have remained in the field an area required for sowing nine *kav* of seed,** the smallest area of land worth working. In that case, the orphans can reasonably claim that they are unwilling to give up on the land that belongs to them. However, if the error is less than this, it is enough if she returns the remainder to the orphans. **And** in the case of **a garden,** the sale is void if, had there been no error, there would have remained **an area required for sowing a half-*kav* of seed,** as this is the smallest size of garden worth working. **Or, according to the statement of Rabbi Akiva, an area required for sowing a quarter-*kav* of seed.**


###### Ketubot 98a:13
[Ketubot 98a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:13)

הָיְתָה כְּתוּבָּתָהּ אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת זוּז וּמָכְרָה לָזֶה בְּמָנֶה, וְלָזֶה בְּמָנֶה, וְלָאַחֲרוֹן יָפֶה מָנֶה וְדִינָר בְּמָנֶה — שֶׁל אַחֲרוֹן בָּטֵל, וְשֶׁל כּוּלָּן מִכְרָן קַיָּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **her marriage contract was** worth **four hundred dinars, and she sold** property **to this** one **for one hundred dinars, and** she sold property **to that** one **for one hundred dinars,** and again to a third one, **and** she sold property **to the last one worth one hundred dinars and a dinar for** only **one hundred dinars,** the sale **of the last** property **is void,** as the price she charged was below the market value. **And all of the others, their sale is valid,** as they were sold for the correct price.


###### Ketubot 98a:14
[Ketubot 98a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:14)

**גְּמָ׳** מַאי שְׁנָא שָׁוֶה מָאתַיִם בְּמָנֶה — דְּאָמְרִי לַהּ: אַתְּ אַפְסֵדְתְּ, שָׁוֶה מָנֶה בְּמָאתַיִם נָמֵי, תֵּימָא: אֲנָא אַרְוַוחְנָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara questions the first *halakha* mentioned in the mishna, which teaches that if the widow sold property worth two hundred dinars for one hundred dinars, or if she sold property worth one hundred dinars for two hundred dinars, in either case she can no longer demand any payment of her marriage contract. The Gemara asks: **What is different** about the case where she sold property **worth two hundred** dinars **for one hundred dinars,** where the *halakha* is that she has received her entire marriage contract, **as** the heirs can **say to her: You** caused yourself to **lose out** since you received from the estate the value of your entire marriage contract, but because you sold it improperly, you did not receive its full value. Why then, in the case where she sold property **worth one hundred dinars for two hundred** dinars, can she not **also say** to the heirs: **I profited** from the sale, but I received only the value of one hundred dinars from the estate, and I am entitled to another one hundred dinars?


###### Ketubot 98a:15
[Ketubot 98a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/98a:15)

אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר אֲבוּהּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman said** that **Rabba bar Avuh said:**