Commentary for Ketubot 104:17

תטרוף ממשעבדי ירתון תנן ואימא אף על גב דליכא מותר דינר במקום דקא מיעקרא נחלה דאורייתא לא תקינו רבנן

So let him recover from encumbered property? The mishnah taught “inherit. Say that they receive their ketubah even if there is no extra dinar! In a case where this would uproot biblical inheritance, the rabbis did not make an enactment.

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