Commentary for Ketubot 205:11

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן משתמשת במדור כדרך שמשתמשת בחיי בעלה בעבדים ושפחות כדרך שמשתמשת בחיי בעלה בכרים וכסתות כדרך שמשתמשת בחיי בעלה בכלי כסף ובכלי זהב כדרך שמשתמשת בחיי בעלה שכך כתב לה ואת תהא יתבת בביתי ומיתזנא מנכסי כל ימי מגר ארמלותיך בביתי

Our Rabbis taught: [A widow] may use [her deceased husband’s] dwelling as she used it during his lifetime. [She may also use] his slaves and handmaidens, as she used them while he was alive, the cushions and the bolsters, as he used them while he was alive, and the silver and gold utensils as she used them while he was alive, for thus he wrote to her in the ketubah: “And you shall dwell in my house and be maintained from of my estate for the duration of your widowhood.”

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