Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 126:9

במתניתא תנא אלו אנשי ברבריא ואנשי מרטנאי שמהלכין ערומים בשוק שאין לך משוקץ ומתועב לפני המקום יותר ממי שמהלך בשוק ערום רבי יוחנן אמר אלו חברים אמרו ליה לר' יוחנן אתו חברי לבבל שגא נפל אמרו ליה מקבלי שוחדא תריץ יתיב

R. Hisda said in the name of Mar 'Ukba b. Hiyya: This refers to a bad wife the amount of whose <i>kethubah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁵</span> is large.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which the husband, should he desire to divorce her, cannot afford to pay. ');">²⁶</span> In the West<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Palestine. ');">²⁸</span> it was said: This refers to one whose maintenance depends on his money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having no land of his own from which to obtain his food, he is subject to the extortionate prices of unscrupulous dealers upon whom he must depend for the supply of his daily food. ');">²⁹</span>

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