Ketubot 73B

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The Talmud rejects the proof: No, the case there is referring to where he betrothed her without specification and then married her without specification.

The Talmud asks: But according to this explanation, if he betrothed her conditionally and then married her without specification, is it indeed the case that she does not require a bill of divorce? If so, instead of teaching in the Mishnah that if one betroths a woman on condition that there are no

The Talmud answers: That is also what he is saying, and one should understand the Mishnah this way: One who betroths a woman on condition that there are no vows incumbent upon her to fulfill, and then marries her without specification, and it is then discovered that vows were incumbent upon her, sh

The Talmud asks about this halakha according to Shmuel: The Mishnah says that she does not require or receive payment of her marriage contract, but one can infer that she does require a bill of divorce. And what is different about a marriage contract that she does not require payment? Because he say

Rabba said: She requires a bill of divorce from the words of the rabbis, i.e., by rabbinic law. Although by Torah law the betrothal is in fact invalid, the rabbis declared that since he did not explicitly stipulate the condition, she requires a bill of divorce. And similarly, Rav Ḥisda said: She req