daf bit: Ketuvot 54
Oct. 25th, 2007 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioA mishna in Mesechet Ketuvot teaches that while the amount of a
bride's ketubah is fixed by law (200 zuz for a virgin, etc), a man
may nonetheless add to this amount (perhaps to entice her to accept
the proposal?). The mishna teaches that, if so, this additional
amount becomes mandatory; it is not an optional gift that the man
(or his heirs)
can withdraw. Further, Rabbi Meir ruled that a man who has relations
with a woman without meeting the statutory minimum commits an act
of prostitution. (54b)
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Date: 2007-10-25 09:09 pm (UTC)