Commentary for Bava Batra 265:7

אמר ליה רבא מיגרע גרעא השתא בירושה דאורייתא אמרת אלמנתו נזונית מנכסיו במתנה דרבנן לא כל שכן

widow is not maintained out of his estate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which he inherited from her husband. ');">²⁰</span> Raba, however, said to him: Should she be worse off [in the case of a gift]? If<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'now'. ');">²¹</span> in [the case of] an inheritance which is Biblical,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The laws of inheritance are enumerated in Numbers and Deuteronomy. ');">²²</span> it has been said [that] his<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The testator's. ');">¹⁹</span>

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