Commentary for Kiddushin 43:12
וצריכא דאי אשמועינן בניו משום דלא בני מיעבד ומיכל נינהו אבל אשתו דבת מיכל ומיעבד היא אימא תעביד ותיכול
Similarly you read: If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 3.');"><sup>19</sup></span> R'Simeon said: If he is sold, is then his wife sold? Hence we learn that the master is responsible for his wife's keep.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Torah needed to teach us that the master must support the children, because the children cannot work to earn a living. It needed to teach us that he must support the wife because it would not be seemly for a woman to go begging.
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