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How can we give a ketubah to a minor convert who might later reject her conversion? The shiur analyzes whether ger katan works retroactively (l'mafre) or from now forward (m'kan l'haba), exploring the fundamental tension between rabbinic conversion's tentative nature and the concrete obligation of ketubah payments.
This shiur provides an in-depth analysis of Kesubos 11a, focusing on the complex sugya of ger katan (minor conversion) and its implications for ketubah obligations. The Gemara (גמרא) presents a fundamental question: if we give a ketubah to a female minor convert, what happens if she later exercises her right of higdil chol limchas (rejecting the conversion upon reaching maturity)? The phrase "oz l'vachla b'giyusa" - that she will "eat it as a non-Jew" - becomes the crux of the discussion. Rabbi Zweig explores two primary interpretations of this phrase. The simpler reading suggests she would receive money legitimately due to her but spend it after becoming a non-Jew. However, the more sophisticated interpretation holds that the money was never legitimately hers to begin with, since her conversion might be rejected retroactively.
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Kesubos 11a
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