Commentary for Bava Batra 280:6

אם זכר מנה אם נקבה מאתים וילדה זכר ונקבה זכר נוטל מנה נקבה נוטלת מאתים ילדה טומטום אינו נוטל אם אמר כל מה שתלד אשתי יטול ה"ז יטול ואם אין שם יורש אלא הוא יורש את הכל:

[IF] THE ESTATE, [HOWEVER], IS SMALL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And is, consequently, allotted entirely to the maintenance of the daughters. ');">¹⁵</span> THE FEMALES MAY REFER HIM TO THE MALES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And he would thus receive nothing. ');">¹⁶</span> IF A MAN SAID: SHOULD MY WIFE BEAR A MALE CHILD, HE SHALL RECEIVE A <i>MANEH</i>, [AND HIS WIFE] DID BEAR A MALE CHILD, HE RECEIVES A <i>MANEH</i>. [IF HE SAID: SHOULD MY WIFE BEAR] A FEMALE [SHE SHALL RECEIVE] TWO HUNDRED [ZUZ, AND] SHE BORE A FEMALE, SHE TAKES TWO HUNDRED [<i>ZUZ</i>]. [IF HE SAID]: SHOULD [SHE BARE] A MALE CHILD [HE SHALL RECEIVE] A <i>MANEH</i> [AND] IF A FEMALE SHE SHALL RECEIVE TWO HUNDRED [<i>ZUZ</i>], AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A MALE AND A FEMALE, THE MALE RECEIVES A <i>MANEH</i> [AND] THE FEMALE RECEIVES TWO HUNDRED <i>ZUZ</i>. [IF] SHE BORE A <i>TUMTUM</i>, HE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The tumtum ');">¹⁷</span>

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