Kesubos 71b

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Ketubot 71b

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Topic

Vows a husband makes or allows that harm his wife: adornment, visiting her father, and going to mourners or celebrations

Overview

The amud opens by explaining a source about a wife who vows not to adorn herself. First the גמרא says the case is about דברים שבינו לבינה. That answer only fits רב הונא, not רב אדא בר אהבה, so the גמרא gives a new answer: she tied her adornment to תשמיש המטה, following רב כהנא's rule. Then it asks why she can't just skip adorning (people would call her repulsive), and why he can't keep her for a week or two (his silence makes her think he hates her). Next, the גמרא explains רבי יוסי's time limits for poor and wealthy women. A new משנה follows about a husband who bans his wife from her father's house, from a בית האבל or בית המשתה, or who sets humiliating conditions. אביי and רבה בר עולא each resolve a contradiction in the time limits about festivals. After two teachings of רבי יוחנן about a bride, the גמרא returns to the משנה. It begins a question about the house of feasting that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (24)

1. ResolutionThe case is about private matters between husband and wife
2. ChallengeThat answer only fits one opinion
3. StatementThe disagreement between רב הונא and רב אדא בר אהבה
4. ResolutionA new answer: she tied her adornment to intimacy
5. Proofרב כהנא's rule about vows on intimacy
6. ChallengeWhy not just skip adorning?
7. ResolutionPeople would call her repulsive
8. ChallengeWhy not keep her for a week or two?
9. ResolutionHis silence tells her he hates her
10. Statementרבי יוסי on poor women
11. QuestionHow long can the limit be?
12. ResponseThree opinions on the limit
13. Statementרבי יוסי on wealthy women
14. QuestionWhy exactly thirty days?
15. ResponseThe scent lasts thirty days
16. StatementVowing that his wife may not visit her father's house
17. StatementVowing that his wife may not go to a house of mourning or a wedding feast
18. StatementHumiliating conditions for cancelling the vow
19. ChallengeThe first clause seems to contradict itself about two festivals
20. Resolutionאביי: The later clause is about a כהן's wife, following רבי יהודה
21. Resolutionרבה בר עולא: Eager woman versus a woman who is not eager
22. Statementרבי יוחנן: A bride eager to tell her praise at home
23. Statementרבי יוחנן: 'My husband' like a bride in her in-laws' house
24. QuestionBack to the משנה: banning his wife from a house of feasting