If a man maintains his wife through a trustee, he must give her [every week] not less than two kabs of wheat or four kabs of barley. Said R. Jose: only R. Ishmael who lived near Edom granted her a supply of barley. He must also give her half a kab of pulse and half a log of oil; and a kab of dried figs or a maneh of pressed figs, and if he has no [such fruit] He must supply her with a corresponding quantity of other fruit. He must also provide her with a bed, a mattress and a rush mat. He must also give her [once a year] a cap for her head and a girdle for her loins; shoes [He must give her] each major festival; and clothing [of the value] of fifty zuz every year. She is not to be given new [clothes] in the Summer or worn-out clothes in the winter, but must be given the clothing [of the value] of fifty zuz during the winter, and she clothes herself with them when they are worn-out during the Summer; and the worn-out clothes remain her property. |
כתובות 5.8 |
He must also give her [every week] a silver Maah for her [other] requirements and she is to eat with him on the night of every Sabbath. If he does not give her a silver Maah for her other requirements, Her handiwork belongs to her. And what [is the quantity of work that] she must do for him? The weight of five selas of warp in Judaea, which amounts to ten selas in Galilee, or the weight of ten selas of woof in Judaea, which amounts to twenty selas in Galilee. If she was nursing [Her child] Her handiwork is reduced and her maintenance is increased. All this applies to the poorest in Israel, but in the case of a member of the better classes all is fixed according to the dignity of his position. |
כתובות 5.9 |
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