Commentary for Bava Batra 277:15

אמר ליה תנינא נשאו גדולות ישאו קטנות מאי לאו נשאו גדולות לבעל ישאו קטנות מבעל

But surely, we learnt, THOSE WHO ARE OF AGE ARE NOT TO BE SUPPORTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MINORS! — Our Mishnah [refers] to [those who are] without a calling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (edd. [H]), 'a man at ease'; one who is not in any way engaged in the improvement of the estate or in the increase of its value. ');">⁴³</span> [In the case of] one without a calling, [is this not] obvious!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he is of no use to the management or maintenance of the estate, what possible claim can he have upon the general funds in respect of his personal dress? ');">⁴⁴</span> — [Since] it might have been assumed that [the brothers] desire that he should not be disgraced<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through the wearing of unbecoming clothes, and would thus agree to beat the expense. ');">⁴⁵</span>

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