Commentary for Bava Batra 287:2
אמרו ראו מה שהניח אבא הרי אנו עושין ואוכלין השביחו לעצמן: רב ספרא שבק אבוה זוזי שקלינהו עבד בהו עיסקא אתו אחי תבעוהו בדינא קמיה דרבא אמר להו רב ספרא גברא רבה הוא לא שביק גירסיה וטרח לאחריני:
— A covered cistern is different, since It [only] requires watching<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'was made for watching', i.e., no expenses are involved. and all the elder brothers have to do is to watch that no water is stolen from it. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> and even minors can keep a watch over it. THEY SAID, 'SEE WHAT [OUR] FATHER HAS LEFT; WE DESIRE TO CULTIVATE [OUR OWN SHARES] AND TO ENJOY THE PROFITS'. THE PROCEEDS BELONG TO THEM. R. Safra's father left [some] money. He took it [and] carried on with it a business. [Then] came his brothers and sued him before Raba.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Demanding a share in the profits. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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