Tosefta Ketubbot

t. Ketubbot 12:5

70–300

They force [a spouse] to move from a town that has a gentile majority to a town that has a Jewish majority, but they do not force [a spouse] to move from a town that has a Jewish majority to a town that has a gentile majority.

If he wants to come to the land of Israel but she does not want to come, they compel her to come.

If she wants to come but he does not want to come, they compel him to come.

If he wants to leave the land of Israel but she does not want to leave, they do not compel her to leave.

If she wants to leave but he does not want to leave, they compel her not to leave.

Translated by Christine Hayes.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.

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At times, the Tosefta’s more expansive version of a law is the older source for the Mishnah’s more condensed presentation. This is likely true of t. Ketubbot 12:5, which contains four clauses concerning immigration to and from the land of Israel. Mishnah Ketubbot 13:11 appears to edit these four clauses into an efficiently formulated general principle (see “Mishnah Ketubbot”).

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