FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: A medieval ruling on forcing a wife
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Maimonides (12th c.) did write it (Ishut 21:10). His contemporary Ra'avad objected he had never heard of it, and the Rema (EH 154:3) rules a man who hits his wife sins and courts may punish him.
SOURCE
Maimonides, Ishut 21:10 with Ra'avad's gloss; Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer 154:3 (Sefaria)
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