[Avodah] Why the woman is makneh herself

Shmuel Weidberg ezrawax at gmail.com
Fri Dec 22 12:15:57 PST 2006


I think the reason that the Torah required that a woman give up her
right to exit a marriage of her own free will is because nashim daatan
kalos. Women would be too quick to enter a marriage if it was too easy
to exit. Likewise, they would exit the marriage more easily in the
face of a temporary setback.

The gemara gives this reason for the takana that the husband has to
write a kesuba.

-Shmuel



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