Commentary for Bava Batra 244:9
הא נמי תנינא ושהיה בכור נוטל שני חלקים ועוד מאי אלא
Furthermore, what [is the force of] EXCEPT?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What is the antithesis? The first part of the Mishnah speaks of the equality of a son and a daughter, and the second part speaks of the difference (not between a son and a daughter but) between the the estates of a mother and a father! ');"><sup>20</sup></span> — But, said R. Ashi, it is this that was meant: [As regards] both, a son [of the deceased] among [his other] sons and a daughter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 3. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> among [his other] daughters, if [the deceased] had said, 'he [or she]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' pointing out one of his heirs. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
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