Reference for Yevamot 225:8
ופקח שנשא חרשת או שוטה אפי' כתב לה מאה מנה כתובתה קיימת מפני שרצה לזוק בנכסיו טעמא דרצה הא לא רצה אין לה דא"כ מימנעי ולא נסבי לה
But if [the men] wished to retain them [the latter] are entitled to a <i>kethubah</i> of the value of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. BaH. Cur. edd. omit to the end of the clause. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> a <i>maneh</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. [Their marriage is deemed to have taken place when the husband recovers his faculties, and at that time they were no longer virgins. Beth Joseph, Eben ha-Ezer LXVII]. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> If, however, a man of sound senses married a woman who was deaf or an imbecile, her <i>kethubah</i> is valid, even if he undertook in writing to give her a hundred <i>maneh</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
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