(Mishnah): A wife must grind, bake, launder, cook, nurse her son, spread her husband's bedsheet, and spin wool;

If she entered a slave to [her husband], she is exempted from grinding, baking and laundering;

If she entered two slaves, she is exempted also from cooking and nursing;

If she entered three slaves, she is exempted also from making his bed and spinning wool;

If she entered four slaves, she sits in a comfortable chair (and need not work at all);

R. Eliezer says, even if she brings 100 slaves, he forces her to spin wool, since idleness leads to immorality;

R. Shimon ben Gamliel says, even if through a vow one forbade his wife to work, he must divorce her and pay a Kesuvah, for idleness leads to insanity.

(Gemara - Beraisa): [Chachamim listed] seven labors [that a wife must do for her husband]. The rest, Chachamim did not need to list them. (They are light tasks that a wife does to serve her husband.)

(Mishnah): She nurses her son.

(R. Chagai): This is only her son (singular), but if she had twins, no (she needs to nurse only one of them).

Question: Why does it say 'her son' [and not his son]?

Answer: She need not nurse another's son (her husband's son from another woman).

This is like it was taught, a man cannot force his wife to nurse [his] son from another woman, and a woman cannot force her husband [to permit] that she nurse another man's son.

Note: KORBAN HA'EDAH and Shulchan Aruch (EH 80:14) say that her husband can object, lest this diminish the milk for his son. This implies that if she weaned his son, he cannot stop her. Surely, in such a case she is not entitled to the extra food that a nursing woman normally gets, and she must work as much as one who does not nurse. However, why can't he protest that this decreases the chance that she will become pregnant again? Perhaps we discuss a woman who previously became pregnant while nursing. (PF)

If she vowed not to nurse her son, Beis Shamai say, we remove the breast from his mouth. Beis Hillel say, we force her. (She is Meshubad, so her vow did not take effect.)

If she was divorced, we do not force her.

When is this? It is when [the baby] does not recognize her, but if he recognizes her [and does not want to nurse from another woman], we force her, and he gives her wages to her to nurse her son.

Question: How old [must a baby be] to recognize her?

(R. Yirmeyah citing Rav): It is three months.

R. Ze'ira was staring at him (incredulously).

R. Yirmeyah: Why do you stare at me? Will you say that it is due to Shmuel's teaching, that Shmuel said three days? Shmuel taught according to his mindset. Shmuel said 'I recognize the midwife who delivered me.' (Normal babies do not recognize their mother before three months.)

R. Yehoshua ben Levi: I recognize the Mohel who circumcised me.

R. Yochanan: I recognize the women who were with my mother [when she gave birth to me].

(Beraisa - R. Eliezer): A child may nurse for 24 months. After this, it is like nursing from a disgusting thing;

R. Yehoshua says, he may continue nursing even for four or five years. If he ceased, we do not return him.

Question: How long [is ceasing]?

Answer #1 (R. Yakov bar Acha citing R. Yirmeyah citing Rav): It is 24 hours.

Answer #2 (R. Chizkiyah citing R. Avahu citing R. Yehoshua ben Levi): It is three days me'Es la'Es (72 hours).

Support (for Rav - Beraisa): It is 24 hours.

Limitation (R. Chizkiyah Rabah): When is this? It is when he separated while healthy, but if he separated amidst illness, we return him immediately.

Limitation: [When he separated while healthy, we do not return him] if there is no danger, but if there is danger, even after [ceasing for] several days, we return him.