Commentary for Bava Metzia 35:9
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> טעמא דנמלך שלא לתנן הא אמר תנו נותנין ואפילו לזמן מרובה
itself Says, [and he argued thus]: If you held the view that we deal here with a place where no <i>Kethubah</i> is [usually] written, the [production of the] bill of divorcement having [there] the same effect as [the production of] her <i>Kethubah</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that it may be argued that the Kethubah is due to be paid, not because of the provision of the Rabbis, but because the bill of divorcement constitutes a written document, on the strength of which the money can be claimed. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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