Eruvin 100b § 3
A Woman Stuck at Home
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Are they in fact 10 Curses for Eve?
Really there are only 7. The others are:
1) A woman is wrapped like a mourner,
i.e. she must cover her head;
and she is ostracized from all people
and incarcerated within a prison,
as she typically spends all her time in the house.
What is the meaning of ostracized from all people?
If you say this is because it is forbidden
for her to seclude herself with a man,
it is also forbidden for a man
to seclude himself with women.
Rather, it means that it is forbidden
for her to marry 2 men, whereas
a man can marry 2 women.
Really there are only 7. The others are:
1) A woman is wrapped like a mourner,
i.e. she must cover her head;
and she is ostracized from all people
and incarcerated within a prison,
as she typically spends all her time in the house.
What is the meaning of ostracized from all people?
If you say this is because it is forbidden
for her to seclude herself with a man,
it is also forbidden for a man
to seclude himself with women.
Rather, it means that it is forbidden
for her to marry 2 men, whereas
a man can marry 2 women.