Responsa for Ketubot 133:9
אמר רבי ינאי בשמים של אנטוכיא הרי הן ככספים אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יוחנן גמלים של ערביא אשה גובה פרנא מהם
Yannai stated: The spices of Antioch are like cash. Samuel b. Nahmani stated in the name of R. Yohanan: A woman is entitled to seize Arabian camels for her ketubah.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Does a woman collect her ketubah from a loan that has been secured by a pledge at the time the loan was contracted? Does a first-born son receive a double share from such a loan?
A. A woman may collect her ketubah from all loans, even from loans that are not secured by pledges. Nowadays especially, since a woman may collect her ketubah from movables — and even after the loan is repaid to the orphans she may demand the money thus repaid in payment of her ketubah — she is entitled to collect directly from the debtor. Moreover, the custom of collecting the ketubah from movables and from loans, is well established in our time. Such a custom may be justified by the fact that the major part of our business consists of loans and investments. Similarly a first-born is entitled to a double share from a loan that had been secured by a pledge, since such a loan is not considered raui (a potential asset) but constitutes a real asset of the estate.
SOURCES: Am II, 66.
A. A woman may collect her ketubah from all loans, even from loans that are not secured by pledges. Nowadays especially, since a woman may collect her ketubah from movables — and even after the loan is repaid to the orphans she may demand the money thus repaid in payment of her ketubah — she is entitled to collect directly from the debtor. Moreover, the custom of collecting the ketubah from movables and from loans, is well established in our time. Such a custom may be justified by the fact that the major part of our business consists of loans and investments. Similarly a first-born is entitled to a double share from a loan that had been secured by a pledge, since such a loan is not considered raui (a potential asset) but constitutes a real asset of the estate.
SOURCES: Am II, 66.
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