Commentary for Gittin 23:11

ומ"ש לערי מקלט סד"א (דברים ד, מב) וחי עביד ליה חיותא טפי קמ"ל

is because she cannot keep herself. But look at the further continuation [of the passage]: If he says to her, I allow you to keep your earnings in place of your maintenance, he is within his rights. This shows, does it not, that the preceding clause deals with the case where he did not say so? — We interpret [the last clause] thus: If she can earn sufficient [for a living] and he said to her: Keep your earnings in place of your maintenance, he is within his rights. What is the point of bringing in the case where she can earn sufficient [for a living]? — You might think that even so she should not go about to earn a living because, as Scripture says, the honour of the king's daughter [i.e. the Jewish woman] lies it privacy;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLV, 14. ');">¹⁰</span>

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