Commentary for Ketubot 3:8

ואיכא דבעי לה מיבעיא חלה הוא מהו התם טעמא מאי משום דאניס והכא נמי הא אניס או דלמא התם אניס בתקנתא דתקינו ליה רבנן הכא לא

There are those who put this as a question: If he became ill, what is [the law]? There the reason [he need not support her,] is because he is forced, and here too, he is also forced? Or perhaps there he was forced by an enactment which the Rabbis enacted, but here, he is not?

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