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1) [line 1] MODA'AH HAYU DEVAREINU - we signed the document after the seller (or husband in the case of a Get) announced to us that the impending sale (or Get) would be made under duress and should not take legal effect, and after he convinced us of his words. 2) [line 7] ZEH NITAN LIKASEV V'ZEH LO NITAN LIKASEV - (lit. this one (the Shtar Moda'a -- see previous entry) may be written while this one (the Shtar Amanah) may not be written) A Shtar Amanah is called an "Avlah," "iniquity," since the document was written and signed before any loan took place; the creditor intended to use this document in the future. It is prohibited to keep a Shtar Amanah because it could cause the creditor to collect money that he never lent, and the verse states, "Im Aven b'Yadcha Harchikehu, v'Al Tashken b'Ohalecha Avlah." - "If wickedness is in your hand, put it far away, and let not iniquity dwell in your tents." (Iyov 11:14)
3) [line 9] IS LEI L'FEIRA - he is entitled to eat (lit. he has) the fruits
(PEIROS NICHSEI MILUG) 1. Possessions that the wife owned before marriage, the values of which were estimated and written in the Kesuvah, to be returned to her in full upon divorce or the husband's death, whether they appreciate or depreciate. These are called Nichsei Tzon Barzel ("Iron Flock Properties") because their value does not change between the time of marriage and the time of divorce or the husband's death.(b) The Rabanan enacted that the husband receive the Peiros of the Nichsei Milug in exchange for his obligation to redeem her if she is captured (Kesuvos 47b).
4) [last line] V'ODAH ARUSAH (EIRUSIN / NISU'IN) 1. EIRUSIN - betrothal, the stage of marriage known as "Eirusin" in the Torah (Devarim 22:23), that was given the name "Kidushin" by the Rabanan to denote that through this act, the husband prohibits the wife to the entire world, just as Hekdesh (a sanctified object) is prohibited for ordinary use (Kidushin 2b; see also Tosfos to Kidushin 7a DH v'Nifshetu and Background to Kidushin 2:1:II:b).
5a) [line 1] NACHALAH HA'BA'AH LO L'ADAM MI'MAKOM ACHER - an inheritance
that a person receives in the future, that was not coming to him because of
the laws of the Torah, e.g. an inheritance mid'Rabanan (RASHBAM) 6) [line 3] IY EFSHI B'TAKANAS CHACHAMIM KEGON ZOS - I do not desire the enactment of the Rabanan, like this one
7) [line 6] "EINI NIZONES V'EINI OSAH" - "I will not take my allowance and I
will not hand over my earned income" (MEZONOS) 8) [line 7] HA RE'AYAH YESH - [the Mishnah states that a Chezkas Shalosh Shanim does not help a husband prove his claim that he bought land from his wife. It may, however, be inferred that] there is a Re'ayah, a proof, [that does help him prove his claim. The Re'ayah may be the testimony of witnesses or a document that attests to his claim.] 9) [line 8] LAKACH MIN HA'ISH V'CHAZAR V'LAKACH MIN HA'ISHAH - one who bought a piece of land from a husband and subsequently paid the wife a minimal amount so that she does not collect the value of her Kesuvah from that specific piece of land, should her husband divorce her or die before her 10) [last line] ACHAS, SHE'KASAV LAH BI'CHESUVASAH - one field that he specified in her Kesuvah that she should collect from it the value of her Kesuvah
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