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===== Clothing ===== The Talmud elaborates on the biblical requirement of the husband to provide his wife with clothing, by insisting that each year he must provide each wife with 50 [[Zuz (Jewish coin)|zuzim]]'s-worth of clothing,<ref name="JewEncCos">{{Jewish Encyclopedia |article=Costume |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=822&letter=C}}</ref> including garments appropriate to each [[season]] of the year.<ref name="JewEncHusWif"/> The Talmudic rabbis insist that this annual clothing gift should include one hat, one belt, and three pairs of shoes<ref>[[Ketubot (Talmud)|Ketubot]] 64b</ref> (one pair for each of the three main annual festivals: [[Passover]], [[Shabu'ot]], and [[Sukkoth]]).<ref name="JewEncCos"/> The husband was also expected by the classical rabbis to provide his wife with jewelry and perfumes if he lived in an area where this was customary.<ref name="JewEncHusWif"/>
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