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5:10:1

משנה: נוֹתֵן לָהּ חֲצִי קַב קִיטְנִית וַחֲצִי לוֹג שֶׁמֶן. וְקַב גְּרוֹגְרוֹת אוֹ מָנֶה דְבֵילָה וְאִם אֵין לוֹ פּוֹסֵק לְעוּמָּתָן פֵּירוֹת מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר. וְנוֹתְנִין לָהּ מִטָּה וּמַפֵּץ וְאִם אֵין לוֹ מִיטָּה מַפֵּץ מַחֲצֶלֶת. וְנוֹתְנִין לָהּ כִּפָּה לְרֹאשָׁהּ וַחֲגוֹר לְמָתְנֶיהָ וּמִנְעָל מִמּוֹעֵד לְמוֹעֵד. וְכֵלִים שֶׁלַּחֲמִשִּׁים זוּז מִשָּׁנָה לְשָּׁנָה. וְאֵין נוֹתְנִין לָהּ לֹא חֲדָשִׁים בִּימוֹת הַחַמָּה וְלֹא שְחָקִים בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים. אֲבָל נוֹתְנִין לָהּ כֵּלִים שֶׁלַּחֲמִשִּׁים זוּז בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים וְהִיא מִתְכַּסָּה בְּלָאוֹתֵיהֶן בִּימוֹת הַחַמָּה וְהַשְּׁחָקִין שֶׁלָּהּ.

MISHNAH: One gives her half a qab of legumes231Peas or beans. and half a qab of oil232Olive oil., a qab of dried figs or a mina233The mina as a weight is 60 šeqel. of fig cake; if there are none available one finds her fruit from other places. Also one gives her a bed and a mat; if he has no bed, a mat and a rug234To sleep on it.. Also, one gives her a cap for her head235Since a married woman may not be seen in public without a bonnet on her head. Bed, mat, cap, and belt are once-a-lifetime gifts. and a belt for her loins, and shoes every holiday, and garments worth 50 tetradrachmas every year. One does not give her new ones in the summer or worn ones in the winter, but one gives her garments worth 50 tetradrachmas in the winter and she covers herself with the worn garments236Which in the meantime became summer weights by constant use. in the summer; and the rags are hers237The husband has no right to require her to hand over last year’s used garments before giving her the new ones..

MISHNAH: One gives her half a qab of legumes231Peas or beans. and half a qab of oil232Olive oil., a qab of dried figs or a mina233The mina as a weight is 60 šeqel. of fig cake; if there are none available one finds her fruit from other places. Also one gives her a bed and a mat; if he has no bed, a mat and a rug234To sleep on it.. Also, one gives her a cap for her head235Since a married woman may not be seen in public without a bonnet on her head. Bed, mat, cap, and belt are once-a-lifetime gifts. and a belt for her loins, and shoes every holiday, and garments worth 50 tetradrachmas every year. One does not give her new ones in the summer or worn ones in the winter, but one gives her garments worth 50 tetradrachmas in the winter and she covers herself with the worn garments236Which in the meantime became summer weights by constant use. in the summer; and the rags are hers237The husband has no right to require her to hand over last year’s used garments before giving her the new ones..

5:10:2

הלכה: נוֹתֵן לָהּ חֲצִי קַב קִטְנִית וַחֲצִי לוֹג שֶׁמֶן כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי מָנָא. מָנֶה וּאַרְבַּע רִיטְלִין. נוֹתֵן לָהּ כָּר נֵר וּפְתִילָה כּוֹס וְחָבִית וּקְדֵירָה. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי אָמַר. כָּר אֵין לָהּ. שֶׁאֵין נְשֵׁי הָעֲנִיִים יְשֵׁינוֹת עַל הַכָּר. רִבִּי חִיָיה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. הוֹתִירָה מְזוֹנוֹת שֶׁלָּהּ הוֹתִירָה בְלָיוֹת שֶׁלּוֹ הוֹתִירָה בְלָיוֹת שֶׁלָּהּ. הָדָא דְתֵימַר בְּאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ. אֲבָל בְאַלְמָנָה בֵּין שֶׁהוֹתִירָה מְזוֹנוֹת בֵּין שֶׁהוֹתִירָה בְלָיוֹת שֶׁלָּהּ.

HALAKHAH: “One gives her half a qab of legumes and half a qab of oil,” etc. Rebbi Mana said, a mina, i. e. four riṭl238It is not known what these riṭl are. It is the consensus of the linguists that Syriac raṭl, Arabic roṭi, with the derived verb rṭl “to weigh by hand” is simply Greek λίτρα, a Roman pound of 12 oz. This also is Musaphia’s explanation of riṭl’, but a mina of 60 seqalim is about 2 librae. (In modern times, the weight of a roṭi varied from .45 kg in Egypt to 3.2 kg in Syria.) R. Mana states that the mina used here is 4 Roman 1bs., 1.38 kg, or 100 “holy” šeqel. The translation follows S. Lieberman [Tarbiz 4 (1933), p. 377–378] who identifies וּ as shorthand for הוּא “this is”.. He gives her a pillow, a light239A small clay vessel to be filled with oil. and wick, and an amphora, and a pot. Rebbi Yose said, she has no right to a pillow since the wives of poor men do not sleep on a pillow240Since the rules given here have to be generally valid, only the minimum amounts can be prescribed; the remainder is a matter of private contract between husband and wife. The rule is a matter of dispute in the Babli, 65a.. Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If she left over from her food, it is hers, if she left over rags they are his - if she left over rags they are hers241The text is unclear here between the scribe and the first corrector. The next sentence shows that both possibilities are valid; it was a matter of dispute between schools which alternative was chosen. The Babli disagrees with all the rules spelled out here, 65b.. That is, of a married woman. But for a widow, both her leftover food and her leftover rags are hers242Anything given by the heirs to the widow becomes the latter’s unconditional property..

HALAKHAH: “One gives her half a qab of legumes and half a qab of oil,” etc. Rebbi Mana said, a mina, i. e. four riṭl238It is not known what these riṭl are. It is the consensus of the linguists that Syriac raṭl, Arabic roṭi, with the derived verb rṭl “to weigh by hand” is simply Greek λίτρα, a Roman pound of 12 oz. This also is Musaphia’s explanation of riṭl’, but a mina of 60 seqalim is about 2 librae. (In modern times, the weight of a roṭi varied from .45 kg in Egypt to 3.2 kg in Syria.) R. Mana states that the mina used here is 4 Roman 1bs., 1.38 kg, or 100 “holy” šeqel. The translation follows S. Lieberman [Tarbiz 4 (1933), p. 377–378] who identifies וּ as shorthand for הוּא “this is”.. He gives her a pillow, a light239A small clay vessel to be filled with oil. and wick, and an amphora, and a pot. Rebbi Yose said, she has no right to a pillow since the wives of poor men do not sleep on a pillow240Since the rules given here have to be generally valid, only the minimum amounts can be prescribed; the remainder is a matter of private contract between husband and wife. The rule is a matter of dispute in the Babli, 65a.. Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If she left over from her food, it is hers, if she left over rags they are his - if she left over rags they are hers241The text is unclear here between the scribe and the first corrector. The next sentence shows that both possibilities are valid; it was a matter of dispute between schools which alternative was chosen. The Babli disagrees with all the rules spelled out here, 65b.. That is, of a married woman. But for a widow, both her leftover food and her leftover rags are hers242Anything given by the heirs to the widow becomes the latter’s unconditional property..

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  • 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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