Commentary for Bava Batra 287:3

האשה שהשביחה את הנכסים השביחה לאמצע: אשה בנכסי יתמי מאי עבידתה אמר רבי ירמיה באשה יורשת

He said to them. 'R. Safra is a great man; he [is] not [expected to] leave his studies in order to toil for others'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When an elder brother is an important person, he is entitled to all the profits which are due to his efforts. even though he did not first make the proper declaration that he desired the estate to be divided and that he intended keeping to himself any profits he would make. ');">⁶</span> [WHERE] THE WIFE HAD EFFECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ESTATE. SHE IMPROVED IT FOR THE COMMON GOOD — What has a wife to do with the property of orphans?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' She either receives the amount of her kethubah(v. Glos.) after which she has no more claim upon the estate: or she looks after the property of the orphans in return for her maintenance. How, then, could she claim any profits resulting from improvements in the estate. ');">⁷</span> — R. Jeremiah replied: [The Mishnah speaks] of a wife [who is] an heiress.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case, e.g.. where the deceased gave instructions that the widow shall be co-heir with his sons (Rashb.). ');">⁸</span>

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