Whence do we derive (the same for) the food of his children? From (Leviticus 25:41) "And he shall go out from you (in the Jubilee year), he and his children with him." From "going out" you derive "coming in" (i.e., that he is liable for the feeding of his children.) I might think that he is (also) liable for the feeding of his betrothed and for that of a woman awaiting levirate marriage to him; it is, therefore, written "his wife"—to exclude the latter, who is not his wife; "with him"—to exclude his betrothed, who is not "with him."
Whence do we derive (the same for) the food of his children
Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team
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