Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot 11.3

משנה: מָכְרָה כְתוּבָּתָהּ אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ נָתְנָה כְתוּבָּתָהּ לְאַחֵר אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ לֹא תִמְכּוֹר אֶת הַשְּׁאָר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים מוֹכֶרֶת הִיא אֲפִילוּ אַרְבָּעָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה פְעָמִים. וּמוֹכֶרֶת לִמְזוֹנוֹת שֶׁלֹּא בְּבֵית דִּין וְכוֹתֶבֶת לִמְזוֹנוֹת מָכַרְתִּי. וּגְרוּשָׁה לֹא תִמְכּוֹר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין.

MISHNAH: If she sold her ketubah entirely or partially, or donated her ketubah to another, entirely or partially, she cannot sell the remainder except under court supervision. But the Sages say, she may sell even four or five times, and may sell for sustenance without court supervision but writes in the document that “I sold for sustenance.” A divorcee may sell only under court supervision.

הלכה: מָכְרָה כְתוּבָּתָהּ אוֹ מִקְצָתָהּ כול׳. תַּנֵּי. מוֹכֶרֶת וְכוֹתֶבֶת אֵילּוּ לִכְתוּבָּתָהּ וְאֵילּוּ לִמְזוֹנוֹת. דִּבְרֵי רִבִּי יְהוּדָה. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר. מוֹכֶרֶת וְכוֹתֶבֶת סְתָם. וּבְזוֹ כּוֹחָהּ מְיוּפֶּה. בָּאָת מִלְוֶה בָעֵדִים. אוֹמֶרֶת. לִמְזוֹנוֹת מָכַרְתִי. בָּאָת מִלְוֶה בִשְׁטָר. אוֹמֶרֶת. לִכְתוּבָּה מָכַרְתִי. וַאֲפִילוּ בָּאָת מִלְוֶה בָעֵדִים מוֹכֶרֶת לִמְזוֹנוֹת וְחוֹזֶרֶת וְטוֹרֶפֶת לְשֵׁם כְתוּבָּה. וְלָא אָמְרִין לָהּ. הֲוִי זְבִנֵיךְ. תִּיפְתָּר שֶׁהוֹקִיר הַמִּקַּח.

HALAKHAH: “If she sold her ketubah entirely or partially,” etc. It was stated: “She sells and writes ‘this I sold for ketubah’ and ‘this I sold for sustenance,’ the words of Rebbi Jehudah. Rebbi Yose said, she sells and writes non-specifically; in this she is empowered.” If a loan before witnesses [comes due], she says, I sold for sustenance. If a loan by contract [comes due], she says, I sold for my ketubah. And even if a loan before witnesses [comes due], she sells for sustenance and turns around and forecloses it for her ketubah; could one not say to her, show your sale? Explain it, if the object increased in value.

רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן רִבִּי הִילָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי לָעְזָר. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאָדָם חַס עַל כְּבוֹד אַלְמָנָתוֹ כָּךְ חַס עַל כְּבוֹד גְּרוּשָׁתוֹ. דְּאָמַר רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי לָעְזָר. מִבְּשָׂרְךָ לֹא תִתְעַלָּם זוֹ גְרוּשָׁתוֹ. אִיתְּתֵיהּ דְּרִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי הֲוָות מֵעִיקָה לֵיהּ סַגִּין. סְלִיק רִבִּי לָעְזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה לְגַבֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. רִבִּי. שִׁיבְקָהּ. דְּלֵית הִיא דְאִיקָרָךְ. אֲמֵר לֵיהּ. פּוֹרְנֵה רַב עָלַי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. אֲנָא יְהִיב לָךְ פֶרְנֵה וְשִׁבְקָהּ. יְהַב לָיהּ פֶרְנֵה וּשְׁבָקָהּ. אָזְלָה וּנְסִיבַת לְטֶסוֹרָא דְּקַרְתָּא. אִיתְנְחַת מִן נִיכְסוֹי וְאִיתְעֲבִיד כְּסַגִיא נְהוֹרָא וַהֲוָת מְחַזְּרָא לֵיהּ עַל כָּל קַרְתָּא וּמַדְבְּרָא לֵיהּ. חַד זְמָן חֲזַרְתֵּיהּ עַל כָּל קַרְתָּא וְלֹא אִיתְיְיהַב לֵיהּ כְּלוּם. אֲמַר לָהּ. לֵיתּ הָכָא שְׁכוּנָה חוֹרִין. אָמְרָה לֵיהּ. אִית הָכָא שְׁכוּנָה דִמְשַׁבְּקִי. וְלֵית בְּחֵיילִי עֲיַיל לֵהּ לְתַמָּן. שָׁרִי חֲבִיט לָהּ. עָבַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי וְשָׁמַע קַלוֹן מִתְבַּזֵּיי בְשׁוּקָא. נַסְבּוֹן וִיהָבוֹן בְּגַו חַד בֵיתָא מִן דִידֵיהּ וַהֲוָה מַסִּיק לוֹן מְזוֹנִין כָּל יוֹמִין דַּהֲווֹן בַּחַיִין. עַל שֵׁם וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ לֹא תִתְעַלָּם זוֹ גְרוּשָׁתוֹ. אֲפִילוּ כֵן אַצִּיתוֹן קָלוֹי בַלַּיְלִיָּא וְשָׁמְעִין קֹלָהּ אָמְרָה. לֹא הֲוָה טָב דַּיָיהּ צַעֲרָהּ לְבַר מִן גוּפָהּ וְלֹא לְגַו גּוּפָהּ.

Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan, Rebbi Hila in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Just as a man is concerned about his widow’s honor so he has to be concerned about his divorcee’s honor, as Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa said in the name of Rebbi Eleazar, “do not hide yourself from your flesh”, that refers to one’s divorcee. Rebbi Yose the Galilean’s wife did mistreat him badly. Rebbi Eleazar ben Azariah went to him and told him, rabbi, send her away, for she does not treat you with the honor due to you. He said to him, her ketubah is too large for me. He said to him, I shall give you the ketubah and send her away. He gave him the ketubah and he divorced her. She went and married the city treasurer. That one lost his property and became blind. She took him around the town and led him. Once they went around the entire town and nobody gave him anything. He said to her, is there not another neighborhood? She said to him, there is the neighborhood of my divorcer; it is beyond my powers to bring you there. He started hitting her. Rebbi Yose the Galilean passed by and heard them demeaning one another in public. He took them, brought them to one of his houses, and provided them with food all the days of their lives, because “do not hide yourself from your flesh”, that refers to one’s divorcee. Nevertheless they quarelled loudly in the night and her voice was heard saying, the pain she suffered outside her body was easier to bear than that inside her body.