Responsa for Ketubot 94:3
אבל מדידה לדידיה אפילו ר' אלעזר בן עזריה מודי דמשום איחתוני הוא והא איחתני להו:
But with regard to that which goes from her to him, even R. Elazar b. Azaryah may admit [that betrothal has the same force as marriage] since [these were promised] due to [a desire for] matrimonial association, and such association, surely, had taken place.
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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