Commentary for Ketubot 144:2

אמר רבי אסי אמר ר' יוחנן קלתה אין בה משום פרוע ראש הוי בה רבי זירא היכא אילימא בשוק דת יהודית היא ואלא בחצר אם כן לא הנחת בת לאברהם אבינו שיושבת תחת בעלה אמר אביי ואיתימא רב כהנא מחצר לחצר ודרך מבוי:

R. Assi said in the name of R. Yohanan: With a basket [on her head a woman] is not guilty of [going about with] an uncovered head. R. Zera was puzzled by this statement: Where [is this woman assumed to be]? If she is in the marketplace, [this is forbidden by] Jewish practice. But [if she is] in a courtyard then such a law would not leave our father Abraham a [single] daughter who could remain with her husband! Abaye, or it might be said, R. Kahana, replied: [The statement refers to one who walks] from one courtyard into another by way of an alley.

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