## Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition

###### Teshuvot Maharam, Prague Edition 117:1
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קיז. ועוד יורינו מורינו היאך משביעי' אלמנה עאל כתובתה אם גנבה או עכבה כלום בחי בעלה [מה היא] יכולה לידע אי אפשר שלא נתנה או לקחה משל בעלה ואינה יכולה לזכור הכל [האלמנה] שנשבעה אם אינה יכולה לכוין תוותר ובאיני יודעת אינה נפטרת דלא הוי [כחמשין] ידענא [וחמשין לא] ידענא ושלום מאיר ב"ב.

**Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947:**
*Q*. In order to be entitled to her *ketubah*, a widow must take an oath that she did not steal, retain, or use any of her husband's property in any manner not specifically permitted by her husband. It is, however, only natural for a wife, during her marital status, to donate small sums of her husband's money (to relatives or to charity) without the husband's knowledge. Of such money, she usually keeps no account, and is not in a position to remember each donation. How, then, can a widow take this oath without violating her conscience?
*A*. If the widow can not approximate the exact sum she spent without her husband's knowledge or permission, let her forego a great part of her *ketubah* rather than hazard the taking of a false oath.
SOURCES: Pr. 117.