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Kesubos 3:9-4:1

Kesubos 3:9

If a man claims to have seduced a certain girl, he pays the fees for shame and depreciation based on his own words but not the fine. Similarly, if one says that he stole, slaughtered or sold an animal belonging to another person, he repays the value of the animal but not the additional penalties. If one states that his ox killed another person, or another person’s ox, he pays the damages based on his own words; if he says that his ox killed a servant, he does not pay. The general principle is that whenever one pays more than the value of the damage he caused, he does not pay based on his own words.

Kesubos 4:1

If a maiden (who is a minor) is seduced, the fee for shame, the fee for depreciation and the fine go to her father; the same is true of the fee for pain in the case of one who was coerced. If the court case was held while her father was alive and then he died, the money is his and would be inherited by the girl’s brothers. If the father died before her case came to trial, the girl receives the money. If the case was heard while she was a minor, and then her father died, the money is his and would be inherited by the girl’s brothers. If she reached the age of majority before her case came to trial, the girl receives the money. Rabbi Shimon says that if she didn’t collect the money until after the father died, it goes to the girl (even though it was awarded while he was still alive). Her handiwork and what she finds go to her brothers after their father’s death even if she didn’t collect until after he died.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz