Commentary for Gittin 98:10

מיתמי מאי איריא כתובת אשה אפילו כל מילי נמי דהא תנן אין נפרעים מנכסי יתומים אלא מן הזיבורית אלא לאו מיניה

A woman's <i>Kethubah</i> can be collected only from land of the poorest quality. So R. Judah; R. Meir, however, says, from medium land also. R. Simeon said: Why did they lay down that a woman's <i>Kethubah</i> is to be collected from poor land? Because the woman wants to be married more than the man wants to marry. Another explanation is that a woman is put away whether she will or not, but a man puts her away only if he wants to. How is this 'another explanation'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This being a fresh point, not a reason why the Kethubah is to be paid out of the worst land. ');">⁸</span>

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