Responsa for Ketubot 116:12
מההיא אין מהא ליכא למשמע מינה:
From that you can learn [that R. Meir holds that one can consecrate something not yet in existence] but from this [mishnah] you cannot learn.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. While A was absent in a foreign country, his wife borrowed money for her sustenance. Upon his return, A refused to pay his wife's debts claiming that she could have supported herself by her work.
A. Biblical law requires that a husband must provide his wife's sustenance; therefore, A must pay whatever his wife borrowed for her sustenance.
SOURCES: Pr. 232; L. 383. Cf. P. 11; Mord. Ket. 273.
A. Biblical law requires that a husband must provide his wife's sustenance; therefore, A must pay whatever his wife borrowed for her sustenance.
SOURCES: Pr. 232; L. 383. Cf. P. 11; Mord. Ket. 273.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. While A was absent in a foreign country, his wife borrowed money for her sustenance. Upon his return, A refused to pay his wife's debts claiming that she could have supported herself by her work.
A. Biblical law requires that a husband must provide his wife's sustenance; therefore, A must pay whatever his wife borrowed for her sustenance.
SOURCES: Pr. 232; L. 383. Cf. P. 11; Mord. Ket. 273.
A. Biblical law requires that a husband must provide his wife's sustenance; therefore, A must pay whatever his wife borrowed for her sustenance.
SOURCES: Pr. 232; L. 383. Cf. P. 11; Mord. Ket. 273.
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