What term describes property a wife brings to marriage for which the husband accepts full financial responsibility?
Halacha 1 explains that when the husband accepts responsibility — bearing the loss if it decreases and gaining if it increases — the property is called nichsei tzon barzel (iron sheep property).
Question 2
From what quality of fields does a widow collect her ketubah according to Rabbinic ordinance?
Halacha 3 states that our Sages ordained she collects from the inferior fields, called ziboorit, as a leniency favoring the husband because a woman desires marriage and accepts this condition.
Question 3
Where must the oath of a widow collecting her ketubah be administered, and why?
Halacha 11 explains that the oath is taken outside the court because the court is concerned she may not be precise — she often performs acts on behalf of the estate (her children's inheritance) and might inadvertently take a false oath.
Question 4
If a widow dies before taking the required oath, what happens to the ketubah money?
Halacha 12 rules that if a widow dies before taking the oath, her heirs inherit nothing from the ketubah, since she herself had no right to it until the oath was taken.
Question 5
If a woman says 'My husband died — give me my ketubah, and permit me to remarry,' what is the ruling?
Halacha 31 rules that when a woman places the ketubah demand before the request to remarry, we suspect her primary motive is financial — so she is permitted to remarry (since remarriage itself is not doubted), but she does not receive the ketubah money. If she seized it, the court does not expropriate it from her.