Commentary for Yevamot 233:3

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב חסדא נתייבמה יבמה נכנס לנחלה על פיה הם דרשו מדרש כתובה אנו לא נדרוש מדרש תורה

R. Nahman ruled: If [a woman] came before <i>Beth din</i> and stated, 'My husband is dead; permit me to marry again'. permission must be granted her to marry again. and she is given her <i>kethubah</i>. [If she demanded]. 'Give me my kethubah', she must not be permitted even to marry. What is the reason? Because she came with her mind intent on the kethubuh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' She probably knows that her husband is alive and she has no intention of marrying again. All she aims at is the acquisition of the money. ');">⁸</span> The question was raised: What is the ruling [where she said], 'Permit me to marry and give me my kethubah'? Has she come with her mind intent on the <i>kethubah</i>, since she specified her <i>kethubah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And even marriage should, therefore, be forbidden to her, ');">⁹</span> or [is it assumed that] a person [naturally] lays before the <i>Beth din</i> all the claims he has!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But her main purpose was matrimony. Hence both her requests should be granted. ');">¹⁰</span> And<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reading of Rashal, inserted in cur. edd, within square brackets. ');">¹¹</span>

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