Halakhah for Ketubot 94:4

חייב במזונותיה וכו': תנו רבנן תיקנו מזונותיה תחת מעשה ידיה וקבורתה תחת כתובתה לפיכך בעל אוכל פירות

He provides for his wife’s maintenance: Our Rabbis taught: They established that he provides maintenance in return for receiving her handiwork, and he is responsible for her burial in return for receiving her ketubah [dowry], and therefore the husband receives the usufruct.

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