Responsa for Moed Katan 25:10
ואי ס"ד שכר פעולה שאין לו מה יאכל שרי כל מלאכות נמי לישתרו דהא איכא שכר פעולה שאין לו מה יאכל
R'Shesheth raised an objection: 'And the Sages say, Three craftsmen [may] do work until midday on the day preceding the [Feast of] Passover,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fourteenth of Nisan, when from early afternoon the people began the preparation of the Paschal Lambs. Cf. pes. V, 1, 5ff.');"><sup>17</sup></span> [namely], tailors, hairdressers and fullers; tailors, for the same reason that a private person may do [some] sewing in his usual way during the festival [week]; hairdressers and fullers, for the same reason that persons returning home from abroad,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from the maritime province', generally denoting the Diaspora.');"><sup>18</sup></span> or coming out of prison may crop their hair and wash their clothes during the festival [week]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Pes. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. All punishments for sin prescribed by the Torah are applicable to women as well as to men. Therefore, a ban of excommunication may be put upon women informers. If they possess property over which their husbands exercise no rights, the injured party may collect damages from such property. He may also collect damages from their Niksei Melug [a wife's property, the income of which belongs to the husband although he is not responsible for the loss of the property itself] which may immediately be transferred to the claimant. The husband, however, will continue to reap the income of such property until his death or the death of his wife (whichever comes first) or until they are divorced.
SOURCES: Pr. 599; Mord. B. K. 90–1; Agudah B. K. 105.