Ketubot 98A

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״בבתוליה״⁠ — שיהו כל בתוליה קיימין, בין בכדרכה בין שלא כדרכה.

When the verse states “in her virginity,” the intent is that her sign of virginity should be fully intact, with her not having had sex of any kind, whether in the typical manner or through atypical sex. Therefore, this dispute is not relevant to the dispute with regard to whether part of the money can be considered akin to all of the money.

ההיא איתתא דתפסה כסא דכספא בכתובתה, קתבעה מזוני. אתאי לקמיה דרבא. אמר להו ליתמי: זילו הבו לה מזונות, לית דחש להא דרבי שמעון, דאמר: לא אמרינן מקצת כסף ככל כסף.

§ The Talmud relates: There was a certain woman who seized a silver cup as partial payment of her marriage contract and who also demanded sustenance. She came before Rava for judgment. He said to the orphans: Go and give her sustenance, as there are none who are concerned about the ruling of R' Shimon, who said that we do not say that part of the money has a status like the entire sum of money.

שלח ליה רבה בריה דרבא לרב יוסף: מוכרת שלא בבית דין צריכה שבועה, או אין צריכה שבועה? ותבעי לך הכרזה?!

§ Rabba, son of Rava, sent this question to Rav Yosef: Does a woman who sells her late husband’s property when not in court need to take an oath that she has not taken more than she deserves, or does she not need to take an oath? Rav Yosef replied to him: But you should have raised the dilemma if prior to the sale she needs to make a public announcement in order to properly assess the value of the property.

אמר ליה: הכרזה לא קמיבעיא לי, דאמר רבי זירא אמר רב נחמן: אלמנה ששמה לעצמה ⁠— לא עשתה ולא כלום.

He said to him in response: I am not raising the dilemma as to whether there needs to be a public announcement, as R' Zeira said that Rav Naḥman said: A widow who assessed the property for herself and took from the property according to her own calculation has accomplished nothing.

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