Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot 5.5

משנה: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ הֲרֵי זוֹ עוֹשָׂה וְאוֹכֶלֶת. הַמּוֹתָר רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר הֶקְדֵּשׁ. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְּלָר אוֹמֵר חוּלִין.

MISHNAH: If somebody dedicates his wife’s earnings, she can work and sustain herself. The excess, Rebbi Meïr says, is dedicated, Rebbi Joḥanan the Alexandrian says, it is profane.

הלכה: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ כול׳. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר. הֶקְדֵּשׁ בְּשֶׁלּוֹ. וְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְּלָר אוֹמֵר. חוּלִין בְּשֶׁלּוֹ. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ אָמַר. בְּמוֹתָר מֵחָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים פְּלִיגִין. תִּיפְתָּר לָהּ בְּמַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת וְאֵינוֹ נוֹתֵן לָהּ מָעָה כֶסֶף לִצְרָכֶיהָ. וְנוֹתְנִין. אִם [אֵינוֹ] נוֹתְנִין לָהּ מָעָה כֶסֶף לִצְרָכֶיהָ מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיהָ שֶׁלָּהּ. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר. בְּמוֹתָר אַחַר מִיתָה פְלִיגִין. דּוּ אָמַר לֵיהּ. בְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת. אֲבָל אִם מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל קָדְשׁוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי זְעִירָא. תַּנֵּי תַמָּן מְסַיֵיעַ לֵיהּ לְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים. בְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת. אֲבָל אִם הָיָה מַעֲלֶה לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת. דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל קָדְשׁוּ. וְאֵין כָּל מַה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָאִשָּׁה מְשׁוּעֲבָד לָאִישׁ לַאֲכִילַת פֵּירוֹת.

HALAKHAH: “If somebody dedicates his wife’s earnings,” etc. Rebbi Meïr says, it is sanctified as his property. Rebbi Joḥanan the Alexandrian says, it is profane as his property. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, they disagree about the excess over five tetradrachmas. He explains it in the case of one who supports his wife with food but does not give her an obolus for her needs, as we stated: “If he does not give her an obolus for her needs, what she earns is hers”. Rebbi Joḥanan said, they disagree about the excess left after [the husband’s] death; for he explains it if he does not support her with food. But if he supports her with food, everybody agrees that it became dedicated. Rebbi Ze‘ira said, what one states there supports Rebbi Joḥanan: “When was this said? If he does not feed her. But if he feeds her, everybody agrees that it was sanctified.” But is not everything a wife has subject to the husband’s claim to its yield?

רִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר רַב יִצְחָק אָמַר. מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַיִם בֵּינֵיהוֹן. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר. מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַיִים רְאוּיִין לִקָּדֵשׁ מִשָּׁעָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְּלָר אוֹמֵר. אֵין מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַיִם רְאוּיִם לִקָּדֵשׁ מִשָּׁעָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. מָה שֶׁאִירַשׁ מֵאַבָּא (הַיּוֹם) מָכוּר לָךְ. מַה שֶׁאַעֲלֶה בִמְצוּדָתִי הַיּוֹם מָכוּר לָךְ. דְּבָרָיו קַיָימִין. רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. בְּלוֹוֶה לְתַכְרִיכֵי אָבִיו. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא חוֹלֶה אָבִיו אוֹ מְסוּכָּן. רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. וְהוּא שֶׁתְּהֵא מְצוּדָה פְּרוּשָׂה בְפָנָיו. וָמַר רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. אַף לְקוֹדֶשׁ לֹא קָדְשׁוּ. לָמָּה. מִפְּנֵי הַמַּחֲלוֹקֶת. רִבִּי מֵאִיר וְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְלָר. אוֹמְרִים. שַׁנְיָיא הִיא הֶקְדֵּשׁ מְצוּדָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְצוּיָה. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי לְרִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא. נְהִיר דַּהֲוִיתוֹן אָמְרִין אַתְּ וְרִבִּי יִרְמְיָה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ. מָאן תַּנֵּי. הֶקְדֵּשׁ מְצוּדָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְצוּיָה. מַחֲלוֹקֶת רִבִּי מֵאיר וְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְלָר. הָיוּ רַעְיוֹן רַעְיוֹן אִית לֵיהּ לְרִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ.

Rebbi Samuel ben Rav Isaac said, [the status] of her earnings is between them. Rebbi Meïr says, the earnings are susceptible to be dedicated from the first moment; Rebbi Joḥanan the Alexandrian says, the earnings are not susceptible to be dedicated from the first moment. “What I shall inherit from my father (today) is sold to you, what I shall catch today in my trap is sold to you; his words are valid.” Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If he takes out a loan for his father’s burial shrouds, if his father was sick or in mortal danger. Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Only if the trap was set. And Rebbi Abbahu said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: But as a dedication it would not be sanctified. Why? Because of the disagreement of Rebbi Meïr and Rebbi Joḥanan the Alexandrian. One could say, there is a difference about the dedication, because the trap is not usually successful. Rebbi Yose said to Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa: Do you remember that both you and Rebbi Jeremiah were saying in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: Who stated about the dedication, because the trap is not usually successful? The disagreement of Rebbi Meïr and Rebbi Joḥanan the Alexandrian! Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish has many a thought.

רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה בְעָא. הַמַּקְדִּישׁ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ וְהָיָה צַיָיד מָהוּ. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא. הַמַּקְדִּישׁ אֶת עַבְדּוֹ הוּא קוֹדֶשׁ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו חוּלִין. מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ הוּא חוּלִין וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו הֶקְדֵּשׁ. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. הַקּוֹטֵעַ יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ שֶׁלַּחֲבֵירוֹ רַבּוֹ נוֹטֵל נִזְקוֹ צַעֲרוֹ בּוֹשְתּוֹ וּפְגָמוֹ וַהֲלָהּ יֵצֵא וְיִתְפַּרְנֵס בַּצְּדָקָה. וְהָא תַנֵּי. הַמַּקְדִּישׁ אֶת עַבְדּוֹ יוֹצִא הוּא לְפַרְנָסָה מֵהוּ וְהַשְּׁאָר קוֹדֶשׁ. אָמַר רִבִּי בָּא בַּר מָמָל. לֹא עַל דַּעְתּוֹ שֶׁיָּמוּת. [ ] יוֹתֵר מִן הָעֲבָדִים. לֹא כֵן אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. הַקּוֹטֵעַ יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ שֶׁלַּחֲבֵירוֹ רַבּוֹ נוֹטֵל נִזְקוֹ צַעֲרוֹ בּוֹשְתּוֹ וּפְגָמוֹ וַהֲלָהּ יֵצֵא וְיִתְפַּרְנֵס בַּצְּדָקָה. רַבָּנִין דְּקַיסָרִין בְשֵׁם רִבִּי אָחָא. מְצוּוִּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְפַרְנֵס קִיטָּעִין אֲפִילוּ עֲבָדִים. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִן כַּל מַה דַהֲוָה אֲכִיל יְהִיב לְעַבְדֵּיהּ. וַהֲוָה קְרֵי עֲלוֹהִי הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן עוֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכוּנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד.

Rebbi Jeremiah asked: If somebody dedicated his slave’s earnings and the latter was a hunter, what are the rules? Let us hear from the following: If somebody dedicates his slave, that one is dedicated but his earnings are profane. His [slave’s] earnings, he is profane and his earnings are dedicated. Rebbi Joḥanan said, if somebody cuts off the hands of another person’s slave, that one’s owner collects the payments for his injuries, his pain, his shame, and impairment but he shall go out and subsist on alms. Did we not state: If somebody dedicates his slave, that one takes out his provisions but the remainder is dedicated. Rebbi Abba bar Mamal said, nobody thinks that he should die. [ ] more than for slaves. Did not Rebbi Joḥanan say, if somebody cuts off the hands of another person’s slave, that one’s owner collects the payments for his damages, his pain, his shame, and impairment but he shall go out and subsist on alms. The rabbis of Caesarea in the name of Rebbi Aḥa: Jews are obligated to care for amputees, even slaves. Rebbi Joḥanan gave to his slave from everything he himself ate and quoted for this: “Did not his Maker make me in the belly and formed me likewise in a womb?”