Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer · Siman 109

Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 109 — English translation

Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1A man on his deathbed who said, "Give two hundred zuz to my wife as is appropriate for her," she takes them in addition to her ketuba [monies]. If he said, "She should take two hundred zuz for her ketuba," she does not receive both (the 200 zuz plus her ketuba) amounts, but she has the upper hand: If two hundred zuz is more than her ketuba, she receives the two hundred. If the ketuba is more, she takes the ketuba monies.
2. 2That which we said, when he says, "with her marriage contract," she has the upper hand, is when he didn't divide up his property. But if he divided up his property, we will explain his law in Siman 106.
3. 3If he simply said, "Give one hundred zuz to my wife," there are those who say that she has the advantage. There is one who says that it shall be a gift aside from the [one hundred zuz granted to her in] the marriage contract. If he said explicitly, "Give it to her as a gift," all agree that she takes it in addition to that which is granted to her in the marriage contract.
4. 4A person dying who instructed them to give clothes (begadim) to his wife she may take all her clothes, whether during the week or on Shabbat. Hagah: But there are those who say that if he gave her as a gift when he was dying, even the bracelets on her clothes are included. But if he wrote this to her when he married her, the bracelets are not included (Mahari, siman 144). And if he said, "garments" (malbushim) also overalls, shoulder pads, kerchiefs and scarves are included, that anything a person wears or uses to wrap oneself is called a malbush.

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