Commentary for Kiddushin 43:13
ואי אשמעינן אשתו דלאו דירכה להדורי אבל בניו דדירכייהו להדורי אימא לא צריכא
Now, both are necessary. For if we were informed [this] of his children, [I would say] that is because they cannot work for a living;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'work and eat' - the reference is to minors.');"><sup>20</sup></span> but as for his wife, who can work for a living, I would say: Let her earn her 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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