Commentary for Bava Batra 278:10

ואי ליכא לאלו ואלו עד שיבגרו

THE SONS INHERIT [IT], AND THE DAUGHTERS ARE MAINTAINED [FROM IT].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Until they marry or become of age. ');">¹⁹</span> [IF] THE ESTATE IS SMALL, THE DAUGHTERS ARE MAINTAINED [FROM IT], AND THE SONS SHALL GO BEGGING.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'begging at the doors'. ');">²⁰</span> ADMON SAID, 'AM I TO BE THE LOSER BECAUSE I AM A MALE!' R. GAMALIEL SAID: ADMON'S VIEW HAS MY APPROVAL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'I see the words of Admon'. ');">²¹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is considered a large estate?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and how much (are) many'. ');">²²</span> — Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: Out of which both<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'these and these', the sons and the daughters. ');">²³</span> may be maintained for twelve months. When I recited this before Samuel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When, after the death of Rab, he joined for some time Samuel's academy. ');">²⁴</span> he said, 'This is the view of R. Gamaliel b. Rabbi, but the Sages say that [the estate must be large enough] to provide for the maintenance of both<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'these and these', the sons and the daughters. ');">²³</span> until they reach their majority'. [So] it was also stated [else. where]: When Rabin came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">²⁵</span> he said in the name of R. Johanan, (others say [that it was] Rabbah b. Bar Hanah [who] said it in the name of R. Johanan): When [the estate is large enough] to provide for the maintenance of both until they have reached their majority, It is [considered] large; if less, it is regarded as small. And if [the estate] does not suffice for both until they have reached their majority,

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