Commentary for Bava Batra 277:19
א"ל רב פפא לרבא לאו היינו דשלח רבין באגרתיה מי שמת והניח אלמנה ובת אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו נשאת הבת אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו מתה הבת אמר רב יהודה בן אחותו של ר' יוסי (בן) חנינא ע"י היה מעשה ואמרו אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו
[a similar sum towards the expenses of their marriage] to husbands. [But] this is not [so];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the husbands cannot be regarded as buyers. ');"><sup>53</sup></span> for, surely, R. Hiyya taught: [If] those who were of age had married husbands,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 590. n. 5. ');"><sup>54</sup></span> the minors may take [their due] from [those] husbands!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had these been regarded as buyers, the minors who have the status of a creditor of a verbal loan, could not have taken anything from them. ');"><sup>55</sup></span>
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