As long as she is in her father’s house, she can collect her kesubah forever. As long as she is in her husband’s house, she can col-lect her kesubah until [the end of] twenty-five years, for in twenty-five years, she has [the opportunity] to do favors corre-sponding to [the amount of] her kesubah; [these are] the words of R’ Meir, which he stated in the name of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel. The Sages, however, say: As long as she is in her husband’s house, she may collect her kesubah forever; as long as she is in her father’s house, she may collect her kesubah until [the end of] twenty-five years. If she dies, her heirs may claim her kesubah until [the end of] twenty-five years.