Commentary for Bava Batra 279:5

אם תמצא לומר כיון דאילו מנסבא לית לה השתא נמי לית לה בת אשתו מהו שתמעט בנכסים מי אמרינן כיון דכי מנסבא נמי אית לה וממעטא או דלמא כיון דאילו מתה לית לה ולא ממעטא

maintenance she [thereby] reduces [its value]; or perhaps, since she would receive none<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'she has not'. As soon as a widow re-marries she loses the right of receiving her maintenance from her dead husband's estate. ');">¹⁵</span> if she married [she is regarded as if] she has none even now?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the estate is to be given to the sons who would provide for the maintenance of the daughters and the widow until she re-marries. ');">¹⁶</span> If you would find [some reason] for saying [that] since she would receive none if she married [she is regarded as if] she has none even now, [the question arises] whether his wife's daughter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A step-daughter of the deceased who, at the time of his marriage to her mother, had undertaken to maintain her for a period of years. Now that he died before that period elapsed it is the duty of his sons to provide for her maintenance out of the estate of their father. ');">¹⁷</span> reduces [the value of] the estate?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. p. 595. n. 3. ');">¹⁸</span>

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