Ketubot

'Four hundred zuz  [of the value of this] wine shall be given to my daughter', and the price of wine rose. 'The profit', ruled R. Joseph, 'belongs to the orphans'. Relatives of R. Johanan had [the responsibility of maintaining their] father's wife who was in the habit of consuming much  food. When  they came to R. Johanan  she told them, 'Go and ask your father that he should assign a plot of land for her maintenance'.  When they subsequently came before Resh Lakish, he said to them, '[By such an assignment] he has increased all the more [the allowance for] her maintenance'.  'But', they said to him, 'R. Johanan did not say so?' — 'Go', he told them, 'and give her [proper maintenance], otherwise  I shall pull R. Johanan out of your ears'. R. Johanan, when they came to him again, said to them, 'What can I do when one of equal standing  differs from me?' R. Abbahu stated: This was explained to me by R. Johanan: [If the husband] said,  'towards maintenance' he has thereby increased [the allowance for] her maintenance;  but if he said,  'for maintenance' he has thereby limited the allowance for her maintenance. MISHNAH. ALTHOUGH [THE SAGES] HAVE ENACTED THAT A VIRGIN COLLECTS  TWO HUNDRED ZUZ  AND A WIDOW ONE MANEH,  IF HE [THE HUSBAND] WISHES TO ADD, EVEN A HUNDRED MANEH, HE MAY DO SO. [A WOMAN] WHO WAS WIDOWED OR DIVORCED, EITHER AFTER BETROTHAL OR AFTER MARRIAGE, IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT ALL [THAT IS DUE TO HER].  R. ELEAZAR B. AZARIAH RULED: [ONLY A WOMAN WIDOWED] AFTER HER MARRIAGE RECEIVES ALL [THAT IS DUE TO HER], BUT IF AFTER A BETROTHAL, A VIRGIN RECOVERS ONLY TWO HUNDRED ZUZ  AND A WIDOW ONLY ONE MANEH,  FOR THE MAN PROMISED  HER [THE ADDITIONAL JOINTURE] WITH THE SOLE OBJECT OF MARRYING HER. R. JUDAH RULED: IF [A HUSBAND] WISHES HE MAY WRITE OUT FOR A VIRGIN  A DEED FOR TWO HUNDRED ZUZ AND SHE WRITES [A QUITTANCE],  'I HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOU A MANEH', AND FOR A WIDOW [HE MAY WRITE OUT A DEED FOR] A MANEH AND SHE WRITES [A QUITTANCE]. 'I HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOU FIFTY ZUZ'. R. MEIR RULED: [THE INTERCOURSE OF] ANY MAN WHO UNDERTAKES TO GIVE A VIRGIN LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED ZUZ  OR A WIDOW LESS THAN A MANEH  IS  AN ACT OF PROSTITUTION. GEMARA. [Is not this]  obvious? — It might have been presumed that the Rabbis have fixed a limit in order that the man who has no means might not be put to shame; hence we were taught [that there was no limit]. IF HE WISHES TO ADD etc. It was not stated, 'If he wishes to write',  but 'WISHES TO ADD'.  This then provides support for [a ruling which] R. Aibu stated in the name of R. Jannai. For R. Aibu stated in the name of R. Jannai: The supplementary provisions  [that are included] in a kethubah are subject to the same regulations as the statutory kethubah.  [In what respect] can this  matter?  — In respect of a woman who sells or surrenders [her kethubah],  or one who rebels,  one who impairs,  or claims [her kethubah],  or one who transgresses the Law;