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Her marriage contract was lost, and the woman and her husband came before Rav Yosef to ask what they should do. He said to them: This is what Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: That ruling, that if someone reduces his wife’s marriage contract by even a small amount, their marriage amounts to licenti
But the Rabbis say: Since the woman relies on the fact that she will eventually collect payment for her marriage contract, a man may maintain his wife for as long as two or 3 years without a written marriage contract. There is no urgent need to write a new one, since the husband’s obligation remai
§ The Talmud relates that when Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that R' Shimon ben Pazi said that R' Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of bar Kappara: This dispute between R' Yehuda and R' Yosei concerning whether one may make a verbal stipulation with a woman to reduce her m
What is the meaning of the term: To the beginning, which R' Yehoshua ben Levi said? It is referring to the beginning of the wedding ceremony. And what is meant by the end? It is referring to the end of sex; R' Yehoshua ben Levi’s opinion is that after the marriage has been consummated, R' Yehuda
When Ravin came from Eretz Yisrael, he reported this matter differently than Rav Dimi did: R' Shimon ben Pazi said that R' Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of bar Kappara: This dispute is referring only to the end of the process, but with regard to the beginning, all agree that she can waive her