Commentary for Yevamot 169:9

אמר להו רב ששת תניתוה כתובתה על נכסי בעלה הראשון ואם היתה שניה לבעל אפי' מיבם אין לה

or, possibly, since the Rabbis have ordained that wherever she is unable to obtain it from her first husband<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, for instance, he is without means. ');">²⁸</span> [she may collect it] from the second, she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since here also she receives nothing from the estate of her first husband. ');">²⁹</span> is entitled to claim it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'there is to her'. ');">³⁰</span> [from the levir]? R. Shesheth replied, 'You have learned this: Her <i>kethubah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a widow subject to the levirate marriage. ');">²⁵</span>

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