Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 5:5

אֵלּוּ מְלָאכוֹת שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה עוֹשָׂה לְבַעְלָהּ, טוֹחֶנֶת, וְאוֹפָה, וּמְכַבֶּסֶת, מְבַשֶּׁלֶת, וּמֵנִיקָה אֶת בְּנָהּ, מַצַּעַת לוֹ הַמִּטָּה, וְעוֹשָׂה בַצֶּמֶר. הִכְנִיסָה לוֹ שִׁפְחָה אַחַת, לֹא טוֹחֶנֶת, וְלֹא אוֹפָה וְלֹא מְכַבֶּסֶת. שְׁתַּיִם, אֵינָהּ מְבַשֶּׁלֶת וְאֵינָהּ מֵנִיקָה אֶת בְּנָהּ. שָׁלֹשׁ, אֵינָהּ מַצַּעַת לוֹ הַמִּטָּה וְאֵינָהּ עוֹשָׂה בַצֶּמֶר. אַרְבָּעָה, יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּקַּתֶּדְרָא. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ הִכְנִיסָה לוֹ מֵאָה שְׁפָחוֹת, כּוֹפָהּ לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּצֶּמֶר, שֶׁהַבַּטָּלָה מְבִיאָה לִידֵי זִמָּה. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, אַף הַמַּדִּיר אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ מִלַּעֲשׂוֹת מְלָאכָה, יוֹצִיא וְיִתֵּן כְּתֻבָּתָהּ, שֶׁהַבַּטָּלָה מְבִיאָה לִידֵי שִׁעֲמוּם:

These are the labors that a wife performs for her husband: she grinds [with a small hand mill. And if the mill is large, she does all that is necessary for the grinding, such as placing (the grain) in the hopper and collecting the meal.], she bakes, she washes, she cooks, she nurses her child, she makes his bed, and she works in wool. If she brought in to him one bondswoman [i.e., money or property with which to buy one bondswoman], she neither grinds, nor bakes nor washes. Two — she neither cooks nor nurses her child. Three — she neither makes his bed nor works in wool. Four — she sits on a cathedra [an easy chair, and she does not run errands for him — in spite of which she pours his cup for him and spreads his bed, and washes his face, hands, and feet. For these labors are not performed by another woman, but by one's own wife.] R. Eliezer says: Even if she brought in to him a hundred bondswomen, she is compelled to work in wool, for idleness leads to lust. R. Shimon b. Gamliel says: Also, one who, by vow, forbids his wife from working, must send her away and give her her kethubah, for idleness leads to shiamum [disorientation. The targum of (Deuteronomy 28:28): "timhon levav" (confusion of heart) is "sha'amimuth liba." R. Eliezer and R. Shimon b. Gamliel will differ with respect to a woman who is not idle, but who plays games — the lust factor obtaining; the shiamum factor not obtaining. For shiamum obtains only where one sits and wonders and is completely idle. The halachah is in accordance with R. Eliezer.]

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