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healthy; one who eats eggs will have large-eyed children; one who eats fish will have graceful children; one who eats celery will have beautiful children; one who eats coriander [kusbarta] will have corpulent children; and one who eats etrogim will have sweet-smelling children. It is related w
§ Rav Huna said: Rav Huna bar Ḥinnana tested us, by asking: If she says that she wants to nurse and he says that he does not want her to nurse but rather to give the child to a wet nurse, we accede to her desires, as she is the one suffering from engorgement of her breasts. However, if he says that
And we answered his question from this amoraic statement: When a woman marries a man, she ascends with him to his socioeconomic status, if it is higher than hers, but she does not descend with him if his status is lower. Consequently, if his family is not accustomed to nurse, she is not obligated to
§ The Mishnah states that if she brought him one female slave into the marriage with her, she does not need to grind wheat, bake, or wash clothes. The Talmud infers from this statement that she must nevertheless perform the other tasks. The Talmud asks: Let the wife say to him: I brought you a woman
The Mishnah further said that if she brought him two female slaves, she does not need to cook and does not need to nurse her child. The Talmud infers: She must nevertheless perform the other tasks. The Talmud asks: Let the wife say to him: I brought you another woman who can toil for me and for hers