Commentary for Ketubot 130:2

וכלים של חמשים זוז: אמר אביי חמשים זוזי פשיטי ממאי מדקתני במה דברים אמורים בעני שבישראל אבל במכובד הכל לפי כבודו ואי ס"ד חמשים זוז ממש עני חמשים זוז מנא ליה אלא ש"מ חמשים זוזי פשיטי:

And clothing [of the value] of fifty zuz. Abaye said: Fifty ordinary zuz. From where is this deduced? From the statement: All this applies to the poorest in israel, but in the case of a member of the better classes all is fixed according to the dignity of his position. Now if you would think it refers to fifty real zuz, where would a poor man obtain fifty zuz? Consequently it must be concluded [that the meaning is] fifty ordinary zuz.

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