Kesubos 107a

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Ketubot 107a

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Topic

Whether the court gives food support from an absent husband's property to his wife, the reasons for שמואל's refusal, and how he answers the sources that seem to go against him.

Overview

רב rules that the court gives food support (מזונות) from a husband's property to his wife when he has gone overseas. שמואל rules that it does not, though he says רב agrees for the first three months. Everyone agrees she gets support once the husband is known to be dead. The argument is only when there is no word of his death. רב זביד explains that שמואל worries the husband left her money, and רב פפא explains that he worries the husband told her to live on her earnings. The two reasons give different results for a grown woman whose earnings are not enough, and for a young wife whose earnings are enough. The גמרא then challenges שמואל from a משנה and from several ברייתות where the court gives support. Each time it answers that the husband had been reported dead. For the last ברייתא, רב ששת's answer about a third party is rejected. רב פפא instead explains it as a case of one witness, which is enough for the wife but not for the children's inheritance. Finally, רב חסדא and רב יוסף argue whether the 'something else' in that ברייתא means jewelry or charity, and the comparison of their views continues on the next amud.

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The steps (27)

1. StatementDoes the court give food support to a wife whose husband is away?
2. Statementשמואל says רב agrees for the first three months
3. StatementThe argument is only when there is no news of the husband's death
4. QuestionWhat is שמואל's reason?
5. Responseרב זביד: he may have left her a bundle of money
6. Responseרב פפא: he may have told her to keep her earnings instead
7. QuestionWhat is the difference between the two reasons?
8. ResponseThe difference: a grown woman whose earnings are not enough
9. ResponseA second difference: a young wife whose earnings are enough
10. ChallengeChallenge to שמואל from the משנה of חנן
11. Resolutionשמואל: the משנה is about a husband reported dead
12. ChallengeChallenge to שמואל from a ברייתא
13. ResolutionHere too: they heard he died
14. ChallengeBut the ברייתא says he came back
15. ResolutionHe came back after a false report
16. ChallengeAnother ברייתא where the court gave support
17. ResolutionHere too, they heard he died
18. ChallengeA ברייתא that says the court feeds the wife
19. Resolutionרב ששת: he already fed her through a third party
20. ChallengeThen the children should get support too
21. ResolutionHe arranged it only for the wife
22. ChallengeWhy does the ברייתא state it without any condition?
23. Resolutionרב פפא: one witness said he died
24. ResolutionWhy the sons and daughters are not fed
25. QuestionWhat does 'something else' mean?
26. ResponseJewelry or charity
27. StatementComparing the two opinions begins