Ketubot 78A

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האשה שנפלו לה נכסים עד שלא תתארס ⁠— מודים בית שמאי ובית הלל שמוכרת ונותנת וקיים. נפלו לה משנתארסה ⁠— בית שמאי אומרים: תמכור, ובית הלל אומרים: לא תמכור. אלו ואלו מודים שאם מכרה ונתנה קיים.

Mishnah: With regard to a woman to whom property was bequeathed before she was betrothed, and she was then betrothed, Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel agree that she may sell or give the property as a gift, and the transaction is valid. However, if the property was bequeathed to her after she was betrothed, Beit Shammai say: She may sell it as long as she is betrothed, and Beit Hillel say: She may not sell it. Both these, Beit Shammai, and those, Beit Hillel, agree that if she sold it or gave it away as a gift, the transaction is valid.

אמר רבי יהודה: אמרו חכמים לפני רבן גמליאל: הואיל וזכה באשה, לא יזכה בנכסים? אמר להם: על החדשים אנו בושים, אלא שאתם מגלגלין עלינו את הישנים?!

R' Yehuda said that the rabbis said before Rabban Gamliel: Since he acquired the woman herself through betrothal, will he not acquire the property from the moment of their betrothal? Why, then, is her transaction valid? Rabban Gamliel said to them: With regard to the new property that she inherited after marriage, we are ashamed, because it is unclear why she cannot sell it, as it is hers; and you also seek to impose upon us a prohibition with regard to the old property that she owned beforehand?

נפלו לה משנשאת, אלו ואלו מודים שאם מכרה ונתנה, שהבעל מוציא מיד הלקוחות. עד שלא נשאת ונשאת, רבן גמליאל אומר: אם מכרה ונתנה ⁠— קיים. אמר רבי חנינא בן עקביא, אמרו לפני רבן גמליאל: הואיל וזכה באשה, לא יזכה בנכסים? אמר להם: על החדשים אנו בושים, אלא שאתם מגלגלין עלינו הישנים?!

If the property was bequeathed to her after she was married, both these, Beit Shammai, and those, Beit Hillel, agree that if she sold the property or gave it away, the husband may repossess it from the purchasers. If she inherited the property before she was married and then was married, Rabban Gamliel says: If she sold or gave the property away, the transaction is valid. R' Ḥanina ben Akavya said that the rabbis said before Rabban Gamliel: Since he acquired the woman through marriage, will he not acquire the property? Rabban Gamliel said to them: With regard to the new property we are ashamed, and you also seek to impose upon us a prohibition with regard to the old property?

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