Commentary for Bava Batra 261:7

אמר ליה רב פפא לאביי בין למאן דאמר יסבון ובין למאן דאמר ירתון הא אין אדם מקנה דבר שלא בא לעולם

[Later], however, Rabbi stated: "It was childishness on my part to be presumptuous in the presence of Nathan the Babylonian. The fact is<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'but'. ');">¹⁷</span> that the law is well established [that] male children may not seize<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it (the kethubah) may not' etc. ');">¹⁸</span> any sold property [of their father in payment for their mother's <i>kethubah</i>]".<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Keth. 55a. ');">¹⁹</span>

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