Commentary for Ketubot 79:9

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ואימא חמשים סלעים אמר רחמנא מכל מילי א"ר זירא יאמרו בעל בת מלכים חמשים בעל בת הדיוטות חמשים א"ל אביי אי הכי גבי עבד נמי יאמרו עבד נוקב מרגליות שלשים עבד עושה

And any sum that is fixed in the Torah remains the same for all. GEMARA, Why not say that the Torah stated 50 selas to cover all payments? Zera said: People would say, “Should one who had intercourse with a princess pay fifty and one who had intercourse with the daughter of a commoner also pay only fifty? Abaye said to him: If so, the same might be argued with regard to a slave: “Should [compensation for] a slave who puts holes in pearls be thirty ” [and that for] one who does

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