Commentary for Bava Batra 262:4

ממאי דלמא לעולם אימא לך בתרי בי דינא איתקון ובי דינא בתרא תקון כבי דינא קמא כי היכי דלא תקשה תקנתא אתקנתא:

were enacted by one court, one can well understand why an analogy was drawn between one provision and the other. If, however, it is argued [that they] were enacted at two [different] courts, how could an analogy be drawn between one provision and the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One court may have given the sons the right of heirship after the father's death, while the other court may have granted the daughters' maintenance even during the lifetime of their father. Hence it must be assumed that both provisions were made by the same court. ');">⁷</span> — What proof!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'whence your proof'? ');">⁸</span>

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