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Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer 52
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Opens “הפוסק מעות לחתנו ואינו רוצה ליתן לו.…”
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<b>הפוסק מעות לחתנו ואינו רוצה ליתן לו. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>הפוסק מעות לחתנו והלך האב למדינה אחרת או שאין לו יכולה היא לומר לבעל אני לא פסקתי על עצמי או כנוס בלא נדוניא או פטרני בגט אבל אם פסקה היא על עצמה ולא הגיע ידה הרי זו יושבת עד שתמצא מה שפסקה או עד שתמות בד"א בגדולה אבל בקטנה שפסקה על עצמה כופין אותו ליתן גט או יכנוס בלא נידוניא: הגה וכל זה כשאין יד האשה משגת ליתן מה שפסק אביה אבל אם ידה משגת צריכה ליתן מה שפסק אביה ואינה יכולה לומר כנוס או פטור (הגהות אלפסי פ' שני דייני גזירות ותשובת מיי' סוף ה' אישות) וכל זה לא מיירי אלא קודם שנשאה אבל לאחר שנשאה ודאי לא יוכל לבגוד באשתו משום שאין נותנין לו מה שפסקו לו אלא חייב בכל דבר שאיש חייב לאשתו (הגהות מרדכי פרק שני דייני גזירות) מי שפסק לתת לבתו ואח"כ אומר שנתן לבתו לא מהני אלא צריך לתת לזוג (מהרי"ל סי' קל"ז) וע"ל סי' ב' שלא יתקוטט אדם בעבור נדוניא אע"פ שפסקו לו:
One who lists monies for his son-in-law and -- the father -- went to another country or has none: [the daughter] can tell [her] husband, "I did not list the money for myself. Either marry me without dowry or release me with a bill [of divorce]." However, if she listed [money] for herself and cannot afford [it, then] she sits [without nisu'in ] until she will afford what she listed or die. About what are these words said? An adult. [In the case] of a minor, however, who listed [money] for herself, we force him to give a bill [of divorce], or he shall marry without dowry. Comment: And all this is [in the case] that the woman cannot afford what he father listed; if, however, she can afford [it], she's required to give what her father listed, and cannot say "marry or release" (the Fezzite's comments [to] chapter [Shenei] Dayyanei Gezerot, and Maimonidean responsum [at] the end of laws of sexuality). And all this is not taught unless [the situation is one] before he nisu'in -married her; after he nisu'in -married her, her certainly cannot betray his wife because they are not giving him what they listed for him: he is, rather, responsible for everything a man is responsible to his wife for (Mordechai comments [to] chapter Shenei Dayyanei Gezerot). One who listed [money] to give his daughter and thereafter says that he gave [it] to his daughter -- that doesn't help: rather, he must give [it] to the couple (Maharil chapter 136). See also above, chapter 2, that one should not be argumentative about dowry even though they listed it for him.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0