״שבזכר ושבנקבה״ מיבעי ליה.
Rather, the baraita should have stated: With regard to the male and with regard to the female, which are the terms the Torah uses with regard to valuations. The terms son and daughter are used in Yotze Dofen.
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״שבזכר ושבנקבה״ מיבעי ליה.
Rather, the baraita should have stated: With regard to the male and with regard to the female, which are the terms the Torah uses with regard to valuations. The terms son and daughter are used in Yotze Dofen.
ומאי שנא נקבה, דכי מיזקנא קיימא אתילתא, ומאי שנא זכר דלא קאי אתילתא? אמר חזקיה: אמרי אינשי: סבא בביתא — פאחא בביתא, סבתא בביתא — סימא בביתא.
With regard to valuations, the Talmud asks: And what is different with regard to a female, that when she ages past 60 years she stands at a valuation of 10 shekels, 1/3rd of her previous valuation of 30 shekels, and what is different with regard to a male, that when he ages past 60, at which point he has a valuation of 15 shekels, he does not stand at even 1/3rd of his previous valuation of 50 shekels? Ḥizkiya said that people say a popular saying: If there is an elderly man in the home, there is a burden [paḥa] in the home, as he does not help with anything; if there is an elderly woman in the home, there is a treasure in the home,as she assists with various domestic labors.
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