Commentary for Gittin 68:7

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אין אלמנה נפרעת מנכסי יתומים אלא בשבועה נמנעו מלהשביעה התקין ר"ג הזקן שתהא נודרת ליתומים כל מה שירצו וגובה כתובתה

There was a woman who was known to most people as Miriam but to a few as Sarah, and the Nehardeans ruled that [in a Get she should be referred to as] 'Miriam or any other name by which she may be called' and not 'Sarah or any other name by which she may be called.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This would seem to show that the Mishnah is to be taken in its literal sense and not as interpreted by Tosaf. ');">¹²</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A WIDOW HAS [BY RIGHTS] NO POWER TO RECOVER [HER <i>KETHUBAH</i>]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">¹³</span>

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