daf bit: Ketuvot 103

[cellio]

The mishna teaches: should a widow say "I have no desire to move from my husband's house", the heirs cannot tell her to go back to her father's house, even if they promise to pay her maintenance. Rather, they must maintain her in her husband's house. The gemara adds that she may use not only her husband's house but also his bondsmen, the silver and gold utensils, and the furnishings, just as during his lifetime. (103a)

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[ginamariewade.livejournal.com]

This would have made Sense and Sensibility turn out entirely different, don't you think?

(But you might not be a Jane Austen fan.)

[cellio]

Not specifically a fan, but I vaguely recall a movie vresion of that one, yeah.