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12:4:1

משנה: אָמְרָה אֵי אֶפְשִׁי לָזוּז מִבֵּית אַבָּא יְכוֹלִים הַיּוֹרְשִׁין לוֹמַר לָהּ אִם אַתְּ אֶצְלֵנוּ יֵשׁ לָךְ מְזוֹנוֹת וְאִם אֵין אַתְּ אֶצְלֵנוּ אֵין לָךְ מְזוֹנוֹת. אִם הָיְתָה טוֹעֶנֶת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא יַלְדָּה וְהֵן יְלָדִים נוֹתְנִים לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת וְהִיא בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ.

MISHNAH: If she42The widow. said, I cannot possibly move from my father’s house, the heirs can tell her: If you are with us, you are provided with sustenance, but if you are not with us, you are not provided with sustenance43If she does not want to keep house for them, she has to claim her ketubah.. If she argues because she is young and they are young44As the Halakhah explains, if they lived together, people would start to talk that she was sleeping with her stepsons., one provides her with sustenance while she is in her father’s house.

MISHNAH: If she42The widow. said, I cannot possibly move from my father’s house, the heirs can tell her: If you are with us, you are provided with sustenance, but if you are not with us, you are not provided with sustenance43If she does not want to keep house for them, she has to claim her ketubah.. If she argues because she is young and they are young44As the Halakhah explains, if they lived together, people would start to talk that she was sleeping with her stepsons., one provides her with sustenance while she is in her father’s house.

12:4:2

הלכה: אָמְרָה אֵי אֶפְשִׁי לָזוּז מִבֵּית אַבָּא כול׳. אִם הָיְתָה טוֹעֶנֶת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא יַלְדָּה וְהֵן יְלָדִים. מִשּׁוּם שֵׁם רַע.

HALAKHAH: “If she said, I cannot possibly move from my father’s house,” etc. “If she argues because she is young and they are young,” to avoid a bad reputation.

HALAKHAH: “If she said, I cannot possibly move from my father’s house,” etc. “If she argues because she is young and they are young,” to avoid a bad reputation.

Texts

  • Hebrew: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY
  • English: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY

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