daf bit: Ketuvot 61

[cellio]

A mishna teaches: if a married man makes a vow of celibacy, Beit Shammai says his wife must tolerate it for two weeks. Beit Hillel says one week. Rav says that this is only so when the man specifies a duration for the vow; if he does not, Rav says that both Shammai and Hillel require him to immediately divorce his wife and pay her ketubah. Samuel permits him to delay the divorce while looking for a way to be excused from the vow. (61b)

(There is no discussion here of limits on the duration, but I'll bet there is later in the gemara. Oh, and I don't know who Samuel is.)

This same mishna also gives the requirements for how often a man owes his wife intercourse (if she wants it), by the way. It varies by occupation, ranging from daily for men who don't work at all to every six months for sailors. I don't see scholars on the list. :-)

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

Rav and Shmuel are a pair of mishnaic contemporaries, like Hillel and Shammai.

[cellio]

Oh, thanks! I didn't realize they were one of the matched pairs. (There are, what, about half a dozen such pairs? I should learn who they all are.)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Borrow a copy of The Steinsaltz Talmud: A Reference Guide. (Buy one if you can find a used one at a reasonable price.)

[cellio]

Thanks!

[zevabe.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Rav & Shmuel are Amoraim (Talmudic era sages, as to Mishnaic era sages called Tannaim). And there are a lot of pairs. Five pairs are mentioned in the first chapter of Pirkei Avot, but they only had 1 dispute, which is a rather obscure point. Beit Hillel & Beit Shammai began the huge number of disputes (there is actually a Mishna (I think it is a mishna, it may be a gemara) which says that since the time of Hillel & Shammai, dispute has increased). Some pairs that jump to mind, although I really ought to know more:
Beit Hillel-Beit Shammai

Amoraim:
Rav-Shmuel
Abaye-Rava
Rebbe Yochanan-Resh Lakish
Ravina-Rav Ashi

[cellio]

Thanks!