Commentary for Nedarim 130:7

שמעת מינה אין מסדרין לבעל חוב אמר רב נחמן ברבי יצחק

HE WENT BEFORE R. AKIBA, WHO ORDERED HIM TO PAY HER THE <i>KETHUBAH</i> [IN FULL]. SAID HE TO HIM, 'RABBI, MY FATHER LEFT EIGHT HUNDRED <i>DENARII</i>, OF WHICH MY BROTHER TOOK FOUR HUNDRED AND I TOOK FOUR HUNDRED: IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT SHE SHOULD RECEIVE TWO HUNDRED AND I TWO HUNDRED?' — R. AKIBA REPLIED: EVEN IF YOU SELL THE HAIR OF YOUR HEAD YOU MUST PAY HER HER <i>KETHUBAH</i>. HAD I KNOWN THAT IT IS SO,' HE ANSWERED, I WOULD NOT HAVE VOWED.' THEREUPON R. AKIBA PERMITTED HER [TO HIM].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus annulling the vow. ');">¹¹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Is then movable property under a lien for the <i>kethubah</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the subject of a dispute between R. Meir and the Rabbis in Keth. 81b. — It is now assumed that the eight hundred denarii were in the form of movables. ');">¹²</span> — Abaye said: [It refers to] real estate worth eight hundred <i>denarii</i>. But the hair of his head is mentioned, which is movable property! — It means thus: Even if you must sell the hair of your head for your keep.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and eat'. Even so, you are hound to hand over your real estate in payment of the kethubah. ');">¹³</span> This proves that the debtor's means are not assessed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the purpose of exempting him of payment, in whole or in part. This is disputed in B.M. 114a. ');">¹⁴</span> — Said R. Nahman son of R. Isaac: [No].

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