Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Ketubot 214:11

כי אתא רבין אמר מעשה בא לפני רבי בבית שערים ולא פסק לה מזונות לפני רבי ישמעאל בציפורי ופסק לה מזונות א"ר יוחנן מה ראה רבי שלא פסק לה דהא לא נחלקו חנן ובני כהנים גדולים אלא לענין שבועה אבל מזונות יהבינן לה אמר ליה רב שמן בר אבא כבר תרגמה שמואל בבבל כששמעו בו שמת אמר ליה פתריתו בה כולי האי

When Rabin came he related: Such a case came in front of Rabbi at Beth She’arim and he did not grant the woman maintenance, and in front of R. Yishmael at Tzipori and he made an allowance for her maintenance. R. Yohanan said: What reason could Rabbi see for not granting her an allowance! Behold Hanan and the sons of the High Priests disagreed only about the oath but [they agreed that] they give her maintenance? R. Shemen b. Abba answered him: Our Master, Shmuel, in Babylon has already solved: [She receives maintenance only] when they have heard that he died. He responded, “With this, you have solved everything?”

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.
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