Commentary for Arakhin 37:1

שבזכר ושבנקבה מיבעי ליה

Why is a female, when she is old, valued only at one third, whereas a man at not even a third?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman under sixty is to be valued at thirty, above sixty at ten, which is one third; a man under sixty at fifty, over sixty at fifteen, which is less than a third.');">¹</span>

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