Commentary for Bava Metzia 34:6

בעדי מיתת בעל לטעון ולימא פרעתיה וכי תימא הכי נמי אם כן מה הועילו חכמים בתקנתן

Maybe we deal [in the Mishnah] with a place where a marriage-contract is not [usually] written,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is usual to depend on the provision of the Court, so that a husband who has divorced his wife is under an obligation to pay her Kethubah, even if it has not been put in writing, and the husband cannot plead, 'I have paid,' unless he produces a receipt or other legal evidence. ');">⁶</span>

Explore commentary for Bava Metzia 34:6. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.