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101 [1] A widow, as long as the Ketuba is in her possession, [is able to] collect [the money due to her] forever, whether she is supported in her father's house or her [new] husband's house, and she is assured [this] even after she remarries. Even if seven years have passed, [the money] is not withheld [from her], so long as she does not render it defective, i.e. she collects some, or she uses it as collateral for a loan. And if the Ketuba is not in her possession, and she comes to collect with a claim to the court in a place where they do not write, [debts such as these into the public record] if she is supported in her father's house, (Rem''a: or she remarried (Mordechai, the end of Chapter 'HaNose')) she does not collect until the end of a twenty-five year period. But if she remains quiet for twenty-five years and does not make a claim, she forgives [the debt]. And if she makes a claim within twenty-five years [of her previous husband's death], the twenty-five year period [she must wait to collect the debt] is counted from the day she [initially] makes her claim. Additionally, her heirs need to make the claim within twenty-five years of her death, and if they remain silent longer than twenty-five years, they forgive [the debt]. (Rem''a: And any [woman] who remembers and says that the silence was not due to forgiveness [of the loan], it is as if she made a claim (Ran, Chapter 'HaNose') [2] Even if she is given food from her father's house, if the heirs honor her by sending her food themselves, her silence is not considered forgiving the debt, [for we suspect] that her silence was due to shame and not because she forgave it. [3] The dowry is never forgiven, even if she postponed [collection] for several years. [4] A divorcee never forgives the debt, even is she postponed [collecting] several years.
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