Barry Epstein asked:
The gemara and notes say that if a buyer buys property from a married man and the married man then goes broke and gets divorced, the buyer loses his property to the kesubah. I assume this is due to the kesubah lien being first. If this is so, why would anyone buy land from a married man?
Barry Epstein, Dallas, USA
The Kollel replies:
Because not everybody goes broke. Obviously, there is a risk in buying any land that has a lien on it. However, opposing that risk is the law that if the seller has other property, he must pay from what he has and the creditor may not take the property from the buyer. In addition, the creditor must take from the most recent buyer. Therefore, the buyer is basically safe when he leaves some property with the seller.
D. Zupnik