Reference for Bava Metzia 34:9

וכי תימא מאי למימרא לאפוקי מדרבי אלעזר בן עזריה דאמר שלא כתב לה אלא על מנת לכונסה אצטריכא ליה

is really no argument; for if you were to assume that the reference [in the Mishnah] is to a place where a <i>Kethubah</i> is not [usually] written, but that in a place where a <i>Kethubah</i> is [usually] written [the law would be that] if she produces her <i>Kethubah</i> she may exact payment, but not if she does not — how would a woman who became a widow after erusin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'Betrothal', v. Glos. I.e., a woman whose betrothed died before the marriage proper ([H] nesu'in) took place. ');">⁹</span>

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