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אלא למאן דאמר ממלאכה, חולה בת מלאכה היא? אלא: מתשמיש כולי עלמא לא פליגי דהויא מורדת. כי פליגי ממלאכה, מר סבר: ממלאכה — לא הויא מורדת, ומר סבר: ממלאכה — נמי הויא מורדת.
However, according to the one who says the rebellion is against performing tasks, is an ill woman fit to perform tasks? Since she is ill, she has no obligation to perform tasks and this is not deemed rebellious behavior. Rather, one must explain this as follows: If she rebelled against engaging in marital sex, everyone agrees that she is defined as a rebellious woman. They disagree with regard to one who rebels against performing tasks. One Sage, Rav Huna, holds that one who rebels against performing tasks is not a rebellious woman, and one Sage, R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, holds that one who rebels against performing tasks is also considered a rebellious woman.
גופא: המורדת על בעלה — פוחתין לה מכתובתה שבעה דינרים בשבת. רבי יהודה אומר: שבעה טרפעיקין. רבותינו חזרו ונמנו, שיהו מכריזין עליה ארבע שבתות זו אחר זו, ושולחין לה בית דין: הוי יודעת שאפילו כתובתיך מאה מנה הפסדת. אחת לי ארוסה ונשואה, אפילו נדה, אפילו חולה, ואפילו שומרת יבם.
§ With regard to the matter itself: A woman who rebels against her husband is fined; we reduce her marriage contract by 7 dinars each week, and R' Yehuda says: 7 terapa’ikin. Our rabbis went back and were counted again, meaning they voted and decided that instead of deducting a small amount from her marriage contract each week, they would make public announcements about her for 4 consecutive Shabbatot. And they decided that the court would send messengers to her to inform her: Be aware that even if your marriage contract is worth 10,000 dinars, you will lose it all if you continue your rebellion. If she does not retract her rebellion, she forfeits her entire marriage contract. With regard to this enactment, it is the same to me, meaning the halakha does not change, if she is a betrothed woman or a married woman, and even if she is a menstruating woman, and even if she is ill, and even if she is a widow awaiting her yavam to perform levirate marriage.