Commentary for Bava Kamma 178:10

והכי קתני כשם שהמוכרת כתובתה לאחרים לא הפסידה כתובת בנין דכרין מאי טעמא זוזי הוא דאנסוה כך מוכרת כתובתה לבעלה לא הפסידה כתובת בנין דכרין מ"ט זוזי הוא דאנסוה

Are there not times when she would be forced to remit, as, for example where the amount of her <i>kethubah</i> exceeded the amount of an ordinary <i>kethubah</i> fixed by the Law? — Said Raba: This concluding paragraph refers to the clause inserted in the <i>kethubah</i> regarding the male children,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which runs as follows: 'The male children which you will have with me shall inherit the amount of your kethubah over and above their appropriate portions due to them together with their brothers (if any of another mother).' V.B.B. (Sonc. ed.) p. 546, n. 16. ');">¹⁰</span>

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