Commentary for Ketubot 32:7

א"ה היינו נשרפה ועוד הטמינה מאי איכא למימר ותו איבדה למה לי אלא כל איבדה כי הטמינה בפנינו דמי ולא יהבינן לה עד דאמרי עדים נשרפה כתובתה

If so, it is the same as “it was burned!” Furthermore, what can you say with regard to “she hid [it]?” And furthermore, why [mention] “she lost [it]”? Rather [this is what the baraita means]: If she lost it, it is as if she had hidden it before us, and we do not give her [the ketubah money] until witnesses say [that] her ketubah document has been burned.

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