Commentary for Bava Batra 280:4

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> הניח בנים ובנות וטומטום בזמן שהנכסים מרובין הזכרים דוחין אותו אצל נקבות נכסים מועטין הנקבות דוחות אותו אצל זכרים

— Abaye replied: He means this: 'AM I TO BE THE LOSER BECAUSE I AM A MALE and am capable of engaging in the study of the Torah?' Raba said to him: Now, then, would he who is engaged in the study of the Torah be entitled to heirship, [and he who is not engaged in the study of the Torah not be entitled to be heir?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely no son could be deprived of a share in his father's inheritance for the sole reason that he was not able to engage in the study of the Torah! ');">¹⁰</span> — But, said Raba, he means this: 'AM I, BECAUSE I AM A MALE and am entitled to be heir in [the case of] a large, estate, TO BE THE LOSER [of my rights] in [the case of] a small estate?' <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. [IF A MAN] LEFT SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND ONE WHOSE SEX IS UNCERTAIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb., tumtum v. Glos. ');">¹¹</span>

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