Commentary for Bava Batra 262:3

אי אמרת בשלמא בחד בי דינא איתקון היינו דילפינן תקנה מתקנה אלא אי אמרת בתרי בי דינא איתקון היכי ילפינן תקנה מתקנה

'[Since it was provided that] the sons shall be heirs [to their mother's <i>kethubah</i>], and the daughters shall be maintained [out of their father's estate, the two cases are to be compared]: As the sons cannot be heirs except after the death of their father, so the daughters cannot claim maintenance except after the death of their father'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He thus holds that there is no legal, as distinct from moral, obligation on the father to support his daughter after a certain age, v. Keth. 49a. ');">⁵</span> [Now], if it is granted [that both provisions]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kethubah for the sons, and maintenance for the daughters. ');">⁶</span>

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