Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 177:5
אמר רבא הלכתא טובת הנאה לאשה ואין הבעל אוכל פירות מאי טעמא פירא תקינו ליה רבנן פירא דפירא לא תקינו ליה רבנן
An estimate will have to be made of how much a man would be prepared to pay as purchase money for the <i>kethubah</i> of this [particular woman] which can mature only after she is left a widow or divorced, since, were she [previously] to die her husband would inherit her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there would then be no occasion for the payment of the kethubah (cf. Mak. 3a). ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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