Commentary for Bava Batra 280:1

בת אשתו מהו שתמעט בנכסים אלמנתו מהו שתמעט בנכסים אלמנתו ובת אי זה מהן קודמת

Does<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the answer to the first question is that a creditor does reduce the value of the estate, it may he argued that only he does it, since his debt may be collected even after his death. ');">¹</span> his wife's daughter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose right to maintenance she cannot transmit to her heirs since it ceases with her death. ');">²</span> reduce [its value]? Does<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is answered that his wife's daughter reduces the value of the estate. It may he argued that this is so only in her case since she retains her rights to maintenance even after her marriage. ');">³</span>

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