Commentary for Kiddushin 60:17
א"כ מה ת"ל איש איש סיפק בידו לעשות אשה אין סיפק בידה לעשות מפני שרשות אחרים עליה אמר רב אידי בר אבין אמר רב נתגרשה שניהם שוים
If so, why state man? A man possesses the means to fulfil this, but a woman has no means of fulfilling this, because she is under the authority of others.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., her husband, who may render it impossible for her to shew due reverence to her parents.');"><sup>34</sup></span> R'Idi B'Abin said in Rab's name: If she is divorced, both are equal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The duty rests upon her just as much as upon her brother.');"><sup>35</sup></span>
Rashi on Kiddushin
Power: He is able, since there is no one to protest against him.
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Tosafot on Kiddushin
As she is under the authority of another: And even though the [proceeds of] the work of her hands are only rabbinically her husband's; nevertheless she is not found (situated and living) with her father, but rather with her husband.
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Rashi on Kiddushin
The authority of another: Her husband.
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Rashi on Kiddushin
[If she] is divorced: From her husband. Then she is like one of her [unmarried] sisters regarding the mitzvah of honor.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
There is a grammatical tension in Leviticus 19:3. The verse opens with “a man” which implies that only men are obligated to fear their parents. But the plural verb implies that both men and women are. The rabbis resolve this by saying that all children are obligated to fear their parents (below the Talmud will explain what this entails). But women, who in talmudic times moved to their husband’s house) are not mentioned in the outset of the verse because they do not always have the ability to fulfill this mitzvah. However, when/if they are divorced or widowed, they revert to a full obligation to honor their parents.
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