Ketubot 104B

הרי היא כבתחלה. ואם היה שטר כתובה יוצא מתחת ידיה ⁠— גובה כתובתה לעולם.

it is as though she is at the beginning of her period of widowhood, and she has another 25 years from that point during which she may demand payment of her marriage contract. And if she has a marriage contract in her possession, she may collect payment of her marriage contract forever.

שלח ליה רב נחמן בר רב חסדא לרב נחמן בר יעקב: ילמדנו רבינו, כששטר כתובה יוצא מתחת ידה מחלוקת, או כשאין שטר כתובה יוצא מתחת ידה? והלכה כדברי מי?

The Talmud relates that Rav Naḥman, son of Rav Ḥisda, sent the following message to Rav Naḥman bar Ya’akov: Our teacher, instruct us. Does the dispute between R' Meir and the Rabbis apply in a case where she has a marriage contract in her possession, or does it apply only in a case where she does not have a marriage contract in her possession? And in accordance with the statement of whom is the halakha decided?

שלח ליה: בשאין שטר כתובה יוצא מתחת ידה מחלוקת, אבל שטר כתובה יוצא מתחת ידה ⁠— גובה כתובתה לעולם. והלכה כדברי חכמים.

Rav Naḥman bar Ya’akov sent back this answer to him: When she does not have a marriage contract in her possession, there is a dispute, but in a case where she has a marriage contract in her possession, all agree that she may collect payment of her marriage contract forever. And in a case where there is a dispute, the halakha is in accordance with the statement of the Rabbis.

כי אתא רב דימי: אמר רבי שמעון בן פזי אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי משום בר קפרא: לא שנו אלא מנה מאתים, אבל תוספת ⁠— יש לה.

When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he cited a dispute: R' Shimon ben Pazi said that R' Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of bar Kappara: They taught that a widow is presumed to have waived her rights to payment of her marriage contract after 25 years only with regard to 100 dinars or 200 dinars, which constitute the principal payment of the marriage contract. However, she still has the right to demand payment of the additional sum recorded in the marriage contract.