25 Ketubot 9/8-9 & 10/1

(8) What is the case of one who damages [her rights to] her ketubah? [If] her ketubah was a thousand zuz and [the husband] says, "You have received [the whole amount of] your ketubah" and she says, No, I have only received a hundred zuz." [In that case] she may be paid [the difference] only by taking an oath. What is the case of one witness [who] testifies about [the ketubah] that it has [already] been paid? [If] her ketubah was a thousand zuz and [the husband] says, "You have received [the whole amount of] your ketubah" and she says, "No, I have not received it." And one witness testifies about [the ketubah] that it has already been paid, she may be paid only by taking an oath. What is the case of one who is paid from mortgaged property? If [the husband] had sold his property to others, and she [seeks to] be paid [the amount of her ketubah] from the purchasers, she may be paid only by taking an oath. What is the case of [being paid] from orphans’ property? If [the husband] dies and leaves his property to the orphans, and she [seeks to] be paid [the amount of her ketubah] from the orphans, she may be paid only by taking an oath. What is the case of in the husband's absence? If he went overseas, and she [seeks to] be paid [the amount of her ketubah] in his absence, she may be paid only by taking an oath. Rabbi Shimon says, "Whenever she claims her ketubah, the heirs [of her husband] may impose upon her an oath; but if she does not claim her ketubah, the heirs may not impose upon her an oath.

(9) If a woman produces her bill of divorce, but there is no [written] ketubah accompanying it, she may [nevertheless] collect [the standard amount of] her ketubah. [If she produces her] ketubah, but there is no bill of divorce accompanying it; she says, "My bill of divorce is lost," and [the husband] says, "My receipt [of payment of the ketubah] is lost." And similarly, if a creditor produces a promissory note but there is no Pruzbul [a court-issued exemption from the Sabbatical year cancellation of a personal loan] accompanying it. [In both cases] they are not paid. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says, "From the time of [public] danger and on, a woman may collect her ketubah [even] without the bill of divorce, and a creditor may collect without a pruzbul. [If she produces] two bills of divorce and two ketubot, she may collect [the amount of] two ketubot. [If she produces] two ketubot and one bill of divorce, or one ketubah and two bills of divorce, or one ketubah, one bill of divorce, and [proof of her husband's subsequent] death, she may collect only the amount of one ketubah, as one who divorces his wife and takes her back, takes her back under [the obligation of] her first ketubah. [With regard to] a minor, whose father married him off, the ketubah is valid, as he maintained her [as his wife] under that assumption. A proselyte who converts together with his wife, her ketubah is valid, as he maintained her [as his wife] under that assumption.

(1) [With regard to] one who was married to two women, and dies, the first [wife] takes precedence over the second, and the heirs of the first [wife] take precedence over the heirs of the second. If he married the first and she died, [and then] he married the second and he died, the second [wife] and her heirs take precedence over the heirs of the first wife.