Ketubot, Daf 78

The JCast Network Total Feed · Sep 22, 2022

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 78.

Today we begin Chapter 8 of Ketubot, HaIsha Shenafla, which addresses cases in which a woman inherits property around the time of her engagement or marriage. Rabbinic law gives husbands ownership of their wife’s property acquired during the marriage, but property that she brings into the marriage belongs to her, though the man may manage it and use its income. Rabban Gamliel is embarrassed by the established law that a married woman may not sell her own property and limits the…