(א) הַנּוֹשֵׂא אֶת הָאִשָּׁה וּפָסְקָה עִמּוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּזוּן אֶת בִּתָּהּ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים, חַיָּב לְזוּנָהּ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים. נִשֵּׂאת לְאַחֵר וּפָסְקָה עִמּוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּזוּן אֶת בִּתָּהּ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים, חַיָּב לְזוּנָהּ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים. לֹא יֹאמַר הָרִאשׁוֹן לִכְשֶׁתָּבֹא אֶצְלִי אֲזוּנָהּ, אֶלָּא מוֹלִיךְ לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹתֶיהָ לִמְקוֹם אִמָּהּ. וְכֵן לֹא יֹאמְרוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם הֲרֵי אָנוּ זָנִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאֶחָד, אֶלָּא אֶחָד זָנָהּ וְאֶחָד נוֹתֵן לָהּ דְּמֵי מְזוֹנוֹת:
(ב) נִשֵּׂאת, הַבַּעַל נוֹתֵן לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת וְהֵן נוֹתְנִין לָהּ דְּמֵי מְזוֹנוֹת. מֵתוּ, בְּנוֹתֵיהֶן נִזּוֹנוֹת מִנְּכָסִים בְּנֵי חוֹרִין וְהִיא נִזּוֹנֶת מִנְּכָסִים מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא כְבַעֲלַת חוֹב. הַפִּקְחִים הָיוּ כוֹתְבִים, עַל מְנָת שֶׁאָזוּן אֶת בִּתֵּךְ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאַתְּ עִמִּי:
(ג) אַלְמָנָה שֶׁאָמְרָה אִי אֶפְשִׁי לָזוּז מִבֵּית בַּעְלִי, אֵין הַיּוֹרְשִׁין יְכוֹלִין לוֹמַר לָהּ לְכִי לְבֵית אָבִיךְ וְאָנוּ זָנִין אוֹתָךְ, אֶלָּא זָנִין אוֹתָהּ בְּבֵית בַּעְלָהּ וְנוֹתְנִין לָהּ מָדוֹר לְפִי כְבוֹדָהּ. אָמְרָה אִי אֶפְשִׁי לָזוּז מִבֵּית אַבָּא, יְכוֹלִים הַיּוֹרְשִׁים לוֹמַר לָהּ, אִם אַתְּ אֶצְלֵנוּ יֶשׁ לִיךְ מְזוֹנוֹת, וְאִם אֵין אַתְּ אֶצְלֵנוּ אֵין לִיךְ מְזוֹנוֹת. אִם הָיְתָה טוֹעֶנֶת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא יַלְדָּה וְהֵן יְלָדִים, זָנִין אוֹתָהּ וְהִיא בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ:
(ד) כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהִיא בְבֵית אָבִיהָ, גּוֹבָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ לְעוֹלָם. כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהִיא בְּבֵית בַּעְלָהּ, גּוֹבָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ עַד עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁתַּעֲשֶׂה טוֹבָה כְנֶגֶד כְּתֻבָּתָהּ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר שֶׁאָמַר מִשּׁוּם רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהִיא בְּבֵית בַּעְלָהּ, גּוֹבָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ לְעוֹלָם. כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהִיא בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ, גּוֹבָה כְתֻבָּתָהּ עַד עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים. מֵתָה, יוֹרְשֶׁיהָ מַזְכִּירִין כְּתֻבָּתָהּ עַד עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים:
(1) [With regard to] one who marries a woman, and she makes an agreement with him that he will provide her daughter food for five years, he is obligated to provide her with food for the five years. [If he divorces his wife, and] she marries another [man], and she makes an agreement with him [as well] that he will provide her daughter with food for five years, he is [also] obligated to provide her with food for the five years. The first [husband] may not say, "When she comes to me I will provide her with food;" rather, he must bring her food to the place where her mother is. And similarly, the two [husbands] may not say, "We will jointly provide her with food;" rather, one provides her with food, and [the other] one gives her the monetary value of her food.
(2) If [the daughter] marries [during the five-year period], her husband provides her food and they [each] give the monetary value of her food. If they die, their own daughters are provided food from their unencumbered property [i.e., that which is in the possession of the heirs]. But she is provided with food [even] from mortgaged property [that has been sold], because she is like a creditor. Prudent men said, "On condition that I provide your daughter with food for five years, as long as you are living with me."
(3) If a widow said, "I cannot budge from my husband's house," the heirs may not say to her, "Go to your father's house and we will provide you with food [there];" rather, they must provide her with food in her husband's house, and provide her a dwelling in accordance with her dignity. If she said, "I cannot budge from my father's house," the heirs may say to her, "If you are [living] with us you [are entitled to] food; but if you are not [living] with us you are not [entitled to] food." If she claims [she needs to remain in her father's house] because she is young, and the heirs [likewise] are young, they must provide her with food [even while] she is in her father's house.
(4) As long as she is in her father's house, she may collect her ketubah [monetary settlement payable to a woman upon divorce or the death of her husband] forever; as long as she [remains] in her husband's house, she is may collect her ketubah for [only] twenty-five years, as in the twenty-five years there is enough good [that she will have performed] to equal [the amount of] her ketubah. These are the words of Rabbi Meir, who said [them] in the name of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel. And the Sages say, "As long as she is in her husband's house, she may collect her ketubah forever; as long as she is in her father's house, she may collect her ketubah for [only] twenty-five years. If she dies, her heirs may mention [i.e., claim, the amount of] her ketubah for twenty five years."