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    Tractate Ketubot - All 13 Chapters

    49 sugya lessons from 2a to 111b: the ketubah and its clauses, fines, spousal obligations, a widow's support and the Land of Israel - with 5 questions each. A study framework, not a ruling.

    01

    Chapter 1 · Betulah Nisset

    4 lessons
    1. 01
      Wednesday Weddings and the Court Schedule
      25 min
    2. 02
      An Open Entrance: Claim, Doubt, and Prohibition
      25 min
    3. 03
      One Hundred and Two Hundred — Certain and Uncertain Claims
      25 min
    4. 04
      Majority and Fixed Sources in the Found-Child Case: Building a Map of Uncertainty
      25 min
    02

    Chapter 2 · HaIsha SheNit'armela

    4 lessons
    1. 05
      Witnesses to a Bridal Hinuma
      25 min
    2. 06
      The Mouth That Prohibited Permits: Building the Boundaries of Credibility
      25 min
    3. 07
      Bound by Her Own Statement: “I Am Married”
      25 min
    4. 08
      A Woman Imprisoned by Gentiles: Grounds for Detention, Testimony, and Power
      25 min
    03

    Chapter 3 · Elu Na'arot

    4 lessons
    1. 09
      Which Young Women Have a Fine: Age, Prohibition, and Liability
      25 min
    2. 10
      No Double Liability for Lashes and Payment: Rule, Warning, and Exceptions
      25 min
    3. 11
      Fines and Admission: Building Distinctions Between Liability, Recipient, and Admission
      25 min
    4. 12
      Humiliation and Diminution in Value: Assessing Damages
      25 min
    04

    Chapter 4 · Na'arah SheNitpatetah

    4 lessons
    1. 13
      The Father's Fine and Compensation for Humiliation and Diminution: Building Distinctions
      25 min
    2. 14
      Motzi Shem Ra: Punishment, Prohibition, and the Witnesses
      25 min
    3. 15
      A Husband’s Obligations to His Wife: Sustenance, Clothing, and Intimacy
      25 min
    4. 16
      Ketubah Conditions: Male Children — Purpose and Boundaries
      25 min
    05

    Chapter 5 · Af Al Pi

    4 lessons
    1. 17
      Although They Said: The Basic Ketubah and Its Supplement
      25 min
    2. 18
      Twelve Months for a Virgin Bride: Building the Preparation Timeline
      25 min
    3. 19
      A Wife’s Work for Her Husband: Tasks, Exemptions, and Limits
      25 min
    4. 20
      Conjugal Duty in the Torah: Frequency, Occupation, and Workplace
      25 min
    06

    Chapter 6 · Metziat HaIsha

    3 lessons
    1. 21
      A Wife’s Finds and Earnings: The Rule, Surplus, and Dispute
      25 min
    2. 22
      Providing a Daughter’s Dowry: A Baseline and the Bride’s Dignity
      25 min
    3. 23
      Daughters’ Marriage Provision from the Estate: Assessing the Father and the One-Tenth Rule
      25 min
    07

    Chapter 7 · HaMadir

    4 lessons
    1. 24
      Vowing to Deny His Wife Benefit: Vows, Maintenance, and a Provider
      25 min
    2. 25
      Violating Dat Moshe and Dat Yehudit: Definitions and Boundaries
      25 min
    3. 26
      Bodily Defects in Marriage: Mistaken Agreement and the Burden of Proof
      25 min
    4. 27
      Compelling Divorce: One Afflicted with Boils and the Limits of Consent
      25 min
    08

    Chapter 8 · HaIsha SheNaflu

    3 lessons
    1. 28
      Property Before Betrothal: Permission to Sell and a Sale’s Validity
      25 min
    2. 29
      Melog and Tzon Barzel Property: Principal, Produce, and Expenses
      25 min
    3. 30
      Shimon ben Shetach’s Ketubah Reform: Building Financial Security
      25 min
    09

    Chapter 9 · HaKotev

    4 lessons
    1. 31
      No Claim to Your Property: Timing and Scope of Withdrawal
      25 min
    2. 32
      Collecting in His Absence — An Oath: Building Foundations from the Supplied Source
      25 min
    3. 33
      Partial Payment of the Ketubah: An Oath Before Collection
      25 min
    4. 34
      Get and Ketubah: Presenting a Get Without a Ketubah
      25 min
    10

    Chapter 10 · Mi SheHaya Nasui

    4 lessons
    1. 35
      Two Wives: Multiple Ketubot and Collection Priority
      25 min
    2. 36
      Male Children’s Ketubah with Two Wives: The Surplus and When Rights Vest
      25 min
    3. 37
      Three Ketubot and Estates of One or Two Hundred: Building the Distribution Table
      25 min
    4. 38
      Two Deeds Dated the Same Day: Division and Judicial Discretion
      25 min
    11

    Chapter 11 · Almanah Nizonet

    4 lessons
    1. 39
      A Widow Supported by the Estate: Maintenance, Earnings, and Finds
      25 min
    2. 40
      Selling Outside Court: Permission and Its Limits
      25 min
    3. 41
      Judicial Appraisal: A One-Sixth Overvaluation and Court Authority
      25 min
    4. 42
      Court Sales and Appraisal: Price Accuracy and Proper Procedure
      25 min
    12

    Chapter 12 · HaNosei Et HaIsha

    2 lessons
    1. 43
      Supporting a Wife’s Daughter: The Agreement and Its Legal Foundation
      25 min
    2. 44
      Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s Final Instructions: Honoring a Widow
      25 min
    13

    Chapter 13 · Shnei Dayanei Gezeirot

    5 lessons
    1. 45
      Two Judges of Decrees: Number, Names, and Role
      25 min
    2. 46
      Judges’ Pay and Bribery: Building Judicial Independence
      25 min
    3. 47
      A Husband Goes Overseas: His Wife Claims Maintenance
      25 min
    4. 48
      Moving to Eretz Yisrael: Direction and Ketubah Consequences
      25 min
    5. 49
      The Three Oaths and the Sanctity of the Land of Israel
      25 min
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