Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 130:3

ואין נותנין לה לא חדשים וכו': ת"ר מותר מזונות לבעל מותר בלאות לאשה מותר בלאות לאשה למה לה אמר רחבה שמתכסה בהן בימי נדתה כדי שלא תתגנה על בעלה

He does not give her new etc. Our Rabbis taught: Any surplus of food belongs to the husband. Any surplus of worn out clothes belongs to the woman. “Any surplus of worn out clothes belongs to the woman.” Of what use are they to her? Rehava replied: For putting on during the days of her menstruation so that she may not [by the constant wearing of the same clothes] become repulsive to her husband.

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