(Mishnah): 'You will live in my house and be fed from my property all the days of your widowhood in my house' - he is obligated, for it is a stipulation of Beis Din.

(Gemara) Question (R. Ze'ira, to Rav Nachman bar Yakov and R. Avimi bar Papi): If there was no house [what is the law]?

Answer (Rav Nachman bar Yakov and R. Avimi bar Papi): The heirs rent a house for her, up to her Kesuvah (i.e. they need not give to her a total of more than they inherited. When the remainder of the estate equals her Kesuvah, they give it to her, and she has no more rights.)

From here and onwards [they paid rent for her past this point; it is considered partial payment of her Kesuvah. Surely, she cannot demand to receive her entire Kesuvah in land, and return the extra rent money that they paid. Further], if she says [pay the remainder of my Kesuvah] in land, and they say coins, the law is with the orphans.

This is like the case of a woman, her Pornah (rights to a dwelling obligated the orphans to pay no more than) 20 Dinarim, and there was a house worth 10 Dinarim. (It was cramped to live together, so they wanted to pay for her to live elsewhere.) The case came in front of R. Chanina;

R. Chanina: Either they build a house for her, or give to her 20 Dinarim.

Rebuttal (R. Mana): Since the house is worth only 10, it is as her Pornah is only 10. From here and onwards (once we resolved this, the law is like when] and she says land, and they say coins. The law is with the orphans. We explained this like SEFER NIR.)

(Mishnah): So people in Yerushalayim used to write ('you will live in my house and be fed...') People of Galil wrote like people of Yerushalayim. People of Yehudah wrote '...until the heirs want to pay your Kesuvah.' Therefore, if they wanted, the heirs could pay her Kesuvah and end her privileges.

(Gemara): People of Galil were concerned for their [widows'] honor, and were not concerned for their money. People of Galil were concerned for their money, and were not concerned for their honor.

(R. Chananyah brei d'R. Avahu, and some say in the name of R. Avahu): [The custom in] Kisarin is like in Yehudah, and all other places are like Yerushalayim.

A certain man, when he was dying, he said 'give to the wife of that man (myself) her Kesuvah [so she will not be fed].

The case came in front of R. Mana. He said 'the deceased's words will be fulfilled.'

Question (R. Chaninah): Can a man be Mevatel Tenai Kesuvah verbally?!

R. Mana: You say [that she was entitled to be fed and collect later]. What is your source?

R. Chaninah: Are we not in Galil? People of Galil were concerned for their honor, and not for their money!