Topics covered:
Chapter 4, Mishna 7, 8
Some husbands are not obligated to redeem their wives from captivity – why? The vast majority are obligated. Is there a limit on how much he can or must spend to ransom their wives back? Husbands are obligated to pay for their wives m medical care. Is there a limit on how much? Why did the Sages enact that male children of a wife receive her marriage payment if she dies? What was the practical effect of this decree?
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Opening song: Havdala by Yehuda Solomon