Ketubot 90A

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if the date of the bill of divorce precedes the date of the marriage contract, she collects payment for her two marriage contracts. She is entitled to the first marriage contract by virtue of the bill of divorce. She is entitled to the second one because she has shown that it was written for her wh

Mishnah: In the case of a minor who was married off by his father, the wife’s marriage contract that the minor wrote is valid even after the husband comes of age. He cannot excuse himself by saying that it was drafted when he was a minor, as it is on this condition, the terms of this marriage con

Talmud: Rav Huna said: They taught that the wife of a minor or convert receives payment only with regard to the main sum of 100 dinars or 200 dinars. However, she does not have the right to receive the additional sum that he wrote in her marriage contract, because this document is not legally bindi

The Talmud raises an objection against the opinion of Rav Yehuda from a baraita: If a minor who came of age or a non-Jew who converted then introduced an additional sum to the marriage contract, she takes the additional sum that they introduced. The Talmud infers: Yes, the woman receives what they

The Talmud refutes this proof: Say that this means that she takes even that which they introduced, in addition to the entire amount of her original marriage contract. The Talmud asks: But the tanna did not teach this, and the continuation of the baraita states the opposite: If they introduced a ne